“From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.”
Bible
“The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia and of the Egypt the Sphinx. Throughout history, the powers of single blacks flash like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness.”
W. E. B. Du Bois
“The haughty blind person picks a fight with his guide. - Ethiopia”
African Proverb
“Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) / That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, / In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: / When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.”
“He was so skinny that he looked like the people from Ethiopia.”
Charlotte Waite
“Ethiopia reached this stage now when it cannot continue militarily. Militarily, they have lost heavily in the past two weeks.”
Yemane Gebremeskel
“Ethiopia has to withdraw to all pre-May 6, 1998, positions. This has to be verified independently.”
