That is the question which I address to these representatives of the world. I am not asking for the lives of my soldiers, but for the lives of my people.
— Haile Selassie Modern

Ethiopian Emperor

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Speech to the League of Nations

Date / Period

1936

Category

Shocking

Source

https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/haile-selassies-appeal-league-nations-19…

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