Haile Selassie — "We must work together to build a better future for Africa."

"Leadership is a spiritual quality, born of the soul and of the mind. It is a gift of God, and it is given to those who are worthy."

"We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right."

"It is not the quantity of knowledge that matters, but its quality."

"We were particularly convinced, by the policies directed against Us, that the enemy's heart was stricken with envy at Our setting up a constitution to strengthen and to consolidate Ethiopia's unity, a…"

"That is the question which I address to these representatives of the world. I am not asking for the lives of my soldiers, but for the lives of my people."