Elizabeth Edwards

I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being.

Having bought furniture for my own house, and bought furniture for our house in Washington, a furniture store seemed like a good idea, and it also played into my personal history.

Everybody makes personal decisions that are right for them and if you're in political life, you're used to having those analyzed.

My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'

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.