2007/09/18

Haile Selassie I addresses university


"[...] leadership developed here should be guided by the fundamental values and moral power which have for centuries constituted the essence of our religious teachings [...] Discipline of the mind is a basic ingredient of genuine morality and therefore of spiritual strength. Indeed, a university, taken in all its aspects, is essentially a spiritual enterprise which, along with the knowledge and training it imparts, leads students into more wise living and a greater sensitivity to life's responsibilities [...]"

"These young people face a world beset with the most effectively organised programme of deceptive propaganda and of thinly screened operations ever known; [...]"

Haile Selassie,
Convocation of Haile Selassie I University
December 19th, 1961

Selected Speeches of Haile Selassie I, 1918-1967
[One Drop Books] [WorldCat]