In Ethiopia, democracy is in its infancy and it must be nurtured along by its leaders.

I used to live in Ethiopia as a child, and I lived there when Haile Selassie was the emperor.

From a monarchy followed by suffering under Communism, Ethiopians must be given the opportunity to flourish under the greatest of systems - democracy.

What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor.

I think 'caretaking' is a very apt description, ... I feel like we've nurtured them along. It must be 10 years ago that the Hendrix family got the rights back and in so doing we have been literally caretaking all the wonderful music that Jimi left us.

In the random way that democracy scatters art and monuments among its leaders, Lyndon Baines Johnson has a winner.