It Is Important That Spiritual

We Have Decided To Bring To An End The Most Unequal, Most Unjust, Most Barbarous War Of Our Age, And Have Chosen The Road To Exile In Order That Our People Will Not Be Exterminated And In Order To Consecrate Ourselves Wholly And In Peace To The Preservation Of Our Empire's Independence.

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.

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

We Must Make Progress Slowly So As To Preserve The Progress We Have Already Made.

We Should Accept Diversity In Culture And Tradition And Coexist Peacefully.