Charles de Secondat

Power ought to serve as a check to power.

Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

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.

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.