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He [the Almighty] Taught Us That All Human Beings Are Equal Regardless Of Sex, National Origin And Tribe. And He Also Taught Us All Who Seek Him Shall Find Him.

Let Us Set Our Goals Too High; Let Us Demand More Of Ourselves Than We Believe We Possess

Until All Africans Stand And Speak As Free Human Beings, Equal In The Eyes Of The Almighty; Until That Day, The African Continent Shall Not Know Peace.

Like Twentieth-century Iran, The Remnant Of The Persian Empire, Ethiopia Under Haile Selassie Attempted To Preserve The Absolutist State Throught An Accommodation With Modernizing Forces In His Own Terms Without Completely Subduing Traditionalists. This Was Not A Strategy Of Haile Selassie's Own Choosing. Instead, He Was Overtaken By Events And Forced To Deal With Contradictions That Were From The Very Beginning Too Formidable To Be Managed In The Long Term.

As Is Commonly Said, ‘to Start Anything Is Simple; To Develop It And Bring It To A Successful Culmination Takes Great Effort.’