“ Since no creature created in Your image and to Your pattern gives up hope that everything he begs of You will be done for him until the day You sever his soul from his body, we beseech You that Ethiopia should not remain with her freedom extinct and prostrate under an alien ruler, so that the mouth of her people be silenced for fear of a foreign governor, but rather, that You will save them by Your deeds of kindness lest they remain with their hearts oppressed through being deprived of their own Ethiopian ruler who was leading them towards civilization under a light yoke and with gladness. ”
Haile Selassie
Summary
“Inaction”, published in ?, is a work by Haile Selassie. It explores elements such as Ethiopia, African and pace.
Quotes from Inaction (Haile Selassie)
“ Receive us who have been exiled for our freedom's sake, who have had to leave our country on account of violent assault, In praying to You thus, it is not for our righteousness but for Your great mercies.Technical and scientific advances have combined to raise mankind to a level of material achievement never before realized. ”
“ The glorious pages of human history have been written only in those moments when men have been able to act in concert to prevent impending tragedies. By the actions you take you can also illuminate the pages of history.When you make man rich in the honours of this world and appoint him above other creatures, let it be known that it is not for his merit but only through your benevolence and generosity. ”
