"The determination and willingness to subordinate one’s personal well-being and concerns to the general welfare of the people has always been the hallmark of an enlightened leader and ultimately, Africa’s future will rise or fall on the moral quality and character of its leaders. My grandfather, the Emperor Haile Sellassie, understood these precepts of morality and character, and in the end, paid the supreme price for them. While well-known to historians, it is not so generally know to the public that prior to voluntarily acceding to the coup leaders’ demand for his abdication, the Emperor’s elite personal bodyguards implored Him to allow them to destroy those civilian and military elements agitating against Him – a request that was widely conceded as being handily within the military capabilities of the Emperor’s guard. Yet my Grandfather, a moral and principled visionary, refused to slaughter his own people and condemn himself forever to the “wrong side of history”, choosing instead to step-down peacefully, voluntarily and gracefully into history from His venerable and unique station as The Last Christian Emperor." H.I.H. Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, President, Crown Council of Ethiopia (via Michael Walters)
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 05:12:03 +0000
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