Quote by Haile Selassie: “Until the philosophy of racial superiority is discredited... everywhere is war.”

Haile Selassie argues that true peace cannot exist as long as ideologies of racial superiority persist. He believes such discrimination inevitably leads to conflict and global instability, making it a universal threat to harmony and justice.

Delivered at the United Nations General Assembly, this iconic speech called for global peace and an end to racial discrimination during a period of intense Cold War tensions and ongoing civil rights struggles worldwide.

Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, who led his country against the Italian invasion and became a symbol of African independence and resistance to colonialism. His speeches to the United Nations helped shape the principles of the Organisation of African Unity, founded in 1963.