Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Quotes

#1. I just think that unless you have that cohesiveness in the family unit, the male character tends to become very dominant, repressive and insensitive. So much of this comes also from a lack of education.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#2. The people of Liberia know what it means to be deprived of clean water, but we also know what it means to see our children to begin to smile again with a restoration of hope and faith in the future.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#3. As more men become more educated and women get educated, the value system has to be more enhanced and the respect for human dignity and human life is made better.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#4. I work hard, I work late, I have nothing on my conscience. When I go to bed, I sleep.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#5. Liberia just needs to go through this one political transition and it can really take off. Everything's in place now. We cannot afford to put the country in the hands of someone that lacks the experience.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#6. To girls and women everywhere, I issue a simple invitation.
My sisters, my daughters, my friends; find your voice

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#7. All girls know that they can be anything now. That transformation is to me one of the most satisfying things.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#8. Future generations will judge us
not by what we say, but what we do.

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#9. I've been a victor of circumstance.

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#10. If your dreams don't scare you, you aren't dreaming big enough.

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#11. We are here because we share a fundamental belief: that poverty, illiteracy, disease and inequality do not belong in the twenty-first century. We share a common purpose: to eradicate these ills for the benefit of all. And we share a common tool to achieve this: the Millennium Development Goals.

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#12. One has to look at my life story to see what I've done. I've paid a heavy price that many people don't realize.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#13. We all have a stake in the battle against Ebola,

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#14. Ebola is not just a health crisis. Across West Africa, a generation of young people risks being lost to an economic catastrophe,

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#15. I beg you I no magician. I can't just wave a magic wand.

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#16. Ethnicity should enrich us; it should make us a unique people in our diversity and not be used to divide us.

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#17. Leadership is never given on a silver platter, one has to earn it.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#18. If your dreams do not scare you they aren't big enough

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#19. Women work harder. And women are more honest; they have less reasons to be corrupt.

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#20. When I took office, Liberia began to recover from years of neglect. Our people have brought clean water into the heart of Monrovia to children who have never known water from a tap. Efforts are underway to expand water projects as much as possible throughout the country.

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#21. The future belongs to us, because we have taken charge of it. We have the commitment, we have the resourcefulness, and we have the strength of our people to share the dream across Africa of clean water for all.

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#22. I think the majority of the Liberian people want peace.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#23. If your dreams don't scare you, its because they are not big enough.- Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf

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#24. There is no easy fix or youth unemployment. Partnership between the public and private sectors can make a big difference.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf