Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?
I have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests.
Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live.
As man's faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life
Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself?
Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.
If each and everyone endeavours to cooperate and work in as much as his capacity permits, our faith rests upon the Almighty God that he would bless the results for us
An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.
A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down.
Observe that anyone who dies for his country is a fortunate man, but death takes what it wants, indiscriminately, in peace-time as well as in war. It is better to die with freedom than without it.
As is commonly said, ‘to start anything is simple; to develop it and bring it to a successful culmination takes great effort.’
A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and beauty for mere utility
We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?
Unity should be the cornerstone of relations
The fruits of one’s sweat and mental labour are always rewarding
We must act to shape and mold the future, and leave our imprint on events as they slip past into history.
Every labourer is a father, his labour is his child. Choose your project carefully and achieve it worthily
It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
Place principle above all else.