It is a law of nature and history that the development of any people must
proceed simultaneously on all fronts. It is not enough that political
emancipation has been and is being achieved. We must also attain that degree
of economic freedom which makes independence a complete and meaningful
concept. Our economies must be strong and viable. The energies which the
African peoples expend to this end must be fruitful and productive. After
having won their political independence, at such labour and cost, Africans
must now similarly labour to escape from the economic domination which
could render their freedom illusory and ephemeral.
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Haile Selassie the First - February 06, 1961
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