Charles de Montesquieu

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

Under the previous regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, I was detained. So was my wife, Serkalem Fasil. She gave birth to our son in prison in 2005.

I've been watching 'Game of Thrones,' and I can't wait for 'Bored to Death' to come back, it's one of my faves.