I have heard it asserted that the inadequate sanctions already applied have not achieved their object. At no time, and under no circumstances could sanctions that were intentionally inadequate, intentionally badly applied, stop an aggressor. This is not a case of the impossibility of stopping an aggressor but of the refusal to stop an aggressor.


Address to the League of Nations (1936)

Haile Selassie Quotes

I have heard it asserted that the inadequate sanctions already applied have not achieved their object. At no time, and under no circumstances could...

I have heard it asserted that the inadequate sanctions already applied have not achieved their object. At no time, and under no circumstances could...

I have heard it asserted that the inadequate sanctions already applied have not achieved their object. At no time, and under no circumstances could...

I have heard it asserted that the inadequate sanctions already applied have not achieved their object. At no time, and under no circumstances could...