A well informed public opinion is essential to the growth of political and social awareness. Only he who is informed can comment intelligently on his nation's development and only by such comments can errors be corrected and progress stimulated

There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.

Unity should be the cornerstone of relations

Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor.

The Emperor himself amassed his great riches. The older he grew, the greater became his greed, his pitiable cupidity... he and his people took millions from the state treasurer and left cemeteries full of people who had died of hunger, cemeteries visible from the windows of the royal palace

Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself?

Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others.