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Words of wisdom from Emperor Haile Selassie I

Racial Descrimination
Exerpts from H.I.M. Belgrade Conference Address:

But let us take pride in the fact that as free men we attack and abhor
racial discrimination on principle, wherever it is found and in whatever
guise. We can, in addition to the economic pressures of which we
dispose, bring our moral weight to bear and rally world opinion to our
cause by revealing the brutality, the inhumanity, the inherent viciousness
and evil represented by this policy.

It is only natural for man to strive towards a better life, to wish to educate
his children while he himself was uneducated, to desire to shelter and
clothe them while he himself was naked and scourged by the elements,
to strive to spare them from the crude diseases by which he himself was
ravaged. But when these ends are realized at the expense of others, at
the cost of their degradation and poverty, these desires, which are not
intrinsically immoral or pernicious in themselves, must be frustrated, and
the means by which these otherwise legitimate ends are sought to be
attained must be scorned and shunned.

( Click here to view entire Belgrade Conference Address )

The Benefits of Human Diversity:

"The very diversity of the worlds peoples today constitutes one of mankind's great resources; the different philosophies with which nations approach their problems lead inevitably to a vast array of methods and techniques. These variations are necessary, for each people must find solutions which are responsive to its particular needs... each nation will inevitably pursue that course which appears best suited to its own unique characteristics, but no nation can pursue its course in isolation, and no nation can develop and prosper with its back turned to the rest of the world in terms of trade, techniques, resources and ideas. Each of us depends on the other, can learn from the other, and in pursuing it's own destiny will go further and succeed more quickly with others, Indeed, the free exchange of support and ideas is an essential condition to world understanding and equally to world progress."

Exerpts from H.I.M. address to the United Nations, Oct. 6, 1963:

Here, in this Assembly, reposes the best - perhaps the last - hope for the peaceful survival of mankind.

That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens of any nation; That until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race; That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained; And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique and in South Africa in subhuman bondage have been toppled and destroyed; Until bigotry and prejudice and malicious and inhuman self-interest have been replaced by understanding and tolerance and good-will; Until all Africans stand and speak as free beings, equal in the eyes of all men, as they are in the eyes of Heaven; Until that day, the African continent will not know peace. We Africans will fight, if necessary, and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the victory of good over evil. -H.I.M.'s Address to the United Nations, Oct. 6, 1963

"We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice. Owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but our fellow men within the human community."

( Click here to view entire Address to the United Nations)

Spiritual Kinsmen:

""Knowing that material and spiritual progress are essential to man, we must ceaselessly work for the equal attainment of both. Only then shall we be able to acquire that absolute inner-calm, so necessary to our well-being. Whenever conflict arises between material and spiritual values, the conscience plays an important role and anyone who suffers from a guilty conscience is never really free from this problem until he makes peace with himself and his conscience. Discipline of the mind is a basic ingredient of genuine morality and therefore of spiritual strength. Spiritual power is the eternal guide, in this life and the life after, for man ranks supreme among all creatures. Led forward by spiritual power, man can reach the summit destined for him by the Great Creator. Since nobody can interfere in the realm of God we should tolerate and live side by side with those of other faiths. In the mystic traditions of the different religions we have a remarkable unity of spirit. Whatever religion they may profess, they are spiritual kinsmen. While the different religions in their historic forms bind us to limited groups and militate against the development of loyalty to the world community, the mystics have already stood for the fellowship of humanity...in harmony with the spirit of the mystics of ages gone by.
No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God."

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