Mao Zedong

The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship.

To read too many books is harmful.

Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.

If you judge, investigate.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

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.