Haile Selassie Quotes

The Church emphasis responsibility more than rights.

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.

Leadership is not a right-it is a responsibility.

Power always brings with it responsibility.

Power is most safe with those who are not in love with it!

People need responsibility. They resist assuming it, but they cannot get along without it.

With great power comes great responsibilty.

Duty is one and invariable; it requires no impossibilities, nor can it ever be disregarded with impunity.

We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

It is a universal and fundamental political principle that the power to protect can safely be confided only to those interested in protecting, or their responsible agents - a maxim not less true in private than in public affairs.

But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.

Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.

Not only will you be held accountable for the things you do, but you will be held responsible for the very thoughts you think.

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.

I was authorized to do everything that I did.

The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed.

I am the guardian of power, not its owner.

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.

I have done what I felt to be my duty.

Being responsible, I will direct, and will be responsible for nothing that I do not direct.