I assert that the problem submitted to the Assembly today is a much wider one. It is not merely a question of the settlement of Italian aggression.
It is collective security: it is the very existence of the League of Nations. It is the confidence that each State is to place in international treaties. It is the value of promises made to small States that their integrity and their independence shall be respected and ensured.


Address to the League of Nations (1936)

Haile Selassie Quotes

I assert that the problem submitted to the Assembly today is a much wider one. It is not merely a question of the settlement of Italian aggression....

I assert that the problem submitted to the Assembly today is a much wider one. It is not merely a question of the settlement of Italian aggression....

I assert that the problem submitted to the Assembly today is a much wider one. It is not merely a question of the settlement of Italian aggression....

I assert that the problem submitted to the Assembly today is a much wider one. It is not merely a question of the settlement of Italian aggression....