Nelson Mandela

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

There seems to be more abiding interest in unearthing old memos abroad than there is here.

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.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.