Quotes

Ethiopia has made steady progress in the provision of health services over the past two decades. But nothing has prepared us for threats posed by Covid-19.

Negative peace is possible as long as you have a strong army.

Our lifestyle is deeply communal, with extended families traditionally sharing the burdens and bounties of life together, eating meals from the same plate.

War is the epitome of hell for all involved. I know because I have been there and back.

Covid-19 teaches us that we are all global citizens connected by a single virus that recognises none of our natural or man-made diversity: not the colour of our skin, nor our passports, or the gods we worship.

Working hard on peace process is a very good thing for yourself, for your region, for your country.

I believed peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea was within reach.

Well the message I have for everyone working on peace, is that bringing results on peace can be easily entrained passively.

If you give me $100bn now, I can't use it. There is not only money, there is talent and experience. That's why we need the private sector.

And if you can change Addis, definitely you can change Ethiopia.

My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.

I've been around the track a lot. I've had the best of the years, and I don't want a single year back.

Abe Ribicoff believes in that American dream. I believe it from the bottom of my heart, and your sons and daughters, too, can have the American dream come true.

Nothing is as sad as seeing a person who used to have power have none.

I loved every day I was in politics. But I got out at the right time. I never miss it.

You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know about people. If I can't say something good about a person, I don't want to say anything. And since I don't want to say anything bad, I won't write a book.

It's because of 'ER' that I've gotten the opportunity to get the work.

There is always going to be a little bit of me in each character.

The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once.

If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.

Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.

Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.

I was a great dreamer of day dreams.

Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.

You must never tire fighting Satan.