Ethiopia always has a special place in my imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England, and America combined. I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roots of what made me an African.

We recall our terrible past so that we can deal with it, to forgive where forgiveness is necessary, without forgetting; to ensure that never again will such inhumanity tear us apart; and to move ourselves to eradicate a legacy that lurks dangerously as a threat to our democracy.

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

With freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk has not ended yet.

The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow.

Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.

I do not think that I was brought up in a unique society with unique features about giving.