AFRICAN MEN, YOU MUST CONSTITUTE THE PRINCIPLES OF EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE I TO SUCCEED AT BECOMING A SOVEREIGN NATION. MAKE YOUR DOMINION EVIDENT AND ADMINISTER THE LAWS OF OUR KING TO INHERIT THE SOVEREIGNTY OF HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY. REMOVE FOREIGN ADMINISTRATIONS FROM OFFICE TO PROTECT OUR NATION FROM EXPLOITATION AND TO STOP THEIR GOVERNMENTS FROM EXERCISING CONTROL AND INFLUENCE OVER US. REVERSE YOUR POSITION AND EXERCISE SUPREME AUTHORITY OVER OUR LAND. FREE YOURSELVES FROM THE CONSTITUTIONAL RESTRAINTS OF FOREIGN PARLIAMENTS AND MANAGE OUR AFFAIRS WITH NO ONE IN BETWEEN TO ATTAIN FULL POSSESSION OF YOUR DIVINE RIGHTS TO CARRY ON THE LAWS OF GOD. REMOVE YOURSELVES FROM THE BUSINESS OF BUYING AND SELLING WITH OTHER NATIONS AND MAKE PROVISIONS FOR OUR PEOPLE. ATTEND TO OUR NEEDS AND STOP SEEKING TO GRATIFY THE DESIRES OF FOREIGN NATIONS. FOREIGN NATIONS ENGAGE IN TRADE TO DEPRIVE US OF OUR BELONGINGS. THEY HAVE EXPOSED OUR PEOPLE TO BEING WITHOUT THE NECESSITIES TO SURVIVE DO TO THEIR EXCESSIVE EXHAUSTION OF OUR GOODS. THEY TAKE UNFAIR ADVANTAGE AND PROFIT FROM OUR LABOR, RESOURCES, AND LAND WITHOUT ANY REGARDS TO OUR RIGHTS OR NEEDS. IT IS YOUR INHERITED DUTY TO LOOK AFTER OUR NATION WELL BEING AND TO DISTRIBUTE OUR RESOURCES AMONG OUR PEOPLE. YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR COARSE OF ACTION TO MOVE OUR PEOPLE AWAY FROM POVERTY. REVERSE YOUR STANDS AND DISCONTINUE DEALING WITH FOREIGN NATIONS. TAKE FULL CONTROL OVER OUR LAND AND GOVERN OUR NATION ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF OUR KING EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE I. DISCHARGE ALL FOREIGN OFFICIALS AND POLITICAL ADMINISTRATIONS AND RELY ON YOURSELVES TO RE-ESTABLISH OUR SOVEREIGNTY. IT IS IMPRISONMENT TO BE UNDER THE RESTRICTIONS OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO LIBERATE YOURSELVES AND MAINTAIN FULL POSSESSION OF OUR LAND. AFRICAN MEN, RELY ON THE JUDGMENTS OF OUR KING AND STOP ADHERING TO OTHER POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS. IT IS SOLELY AND RIGHTFULLY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO REGULATE OUR AFFAIRS. DEVOTE YOURSELVES UNTO THE SERVICES OF GOD AND ALLOW HIS ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE TO DIRECT THE LIVES AND AFFAIRS OF OUR PEOPLE. IT IS THE NATURAL COARSE OF LIFE AND GROWTH AND IS DISTINGUISH FROM FOREIGN PARLIAMENTS WHICH HAS BROUGHT DEATH AND DESTRUCTION TO OUR NATION AND PEOPLE.