The 31+ Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Quotes

Liberia Has To Take Primary Responsibility For Its Own Reform Agenda. But Our Resources Are Limited. We Have To Attract The Private Sector To Get Jobs To Our People That Will Enable Us To Raise The Government Revenue, But To Do That We Have To Build Infrastructure. It's A Very Complex Problem Of Development We Are Facing Here.

In Liberia, The Big Challenge That Remains For Us Is Job Creation. We Want Young People To Work Or Go To School. That Is Our Main Preoccupation Right Now.

I Think The Majority Of The Liberian People Want Peace.

In Liberia, Our Salary Scales Are So Low That Our Judicial System Has Become Corrupt Over The Years. Now, We Need To Do Some Things Ourselves.

We All Have A Stake In The Battle Against Ebola.

I Beg You I No Magician. I Can't Just Wave A Magic Wand.

Ebola Is Not Just A Health Crisis. Across West Africa, A Generation Of Young People Risks Being Lost To An Economic Catastrophe.

In Liberia, Our Main Obstacle Is Infrastructure: The Lights, The Water, The Roads. Companies Can't Operate Without Those Things. And Even Though We Have Commitments From Our Partners, It Takes Time To Turn Commitments Into Cash.

There Is No Easy Fix Or Youth Unemployment. Partnership Between The Public And Private Sectors Can Make A Big Difference.

Our Entire Judicial System In Liberia Has Broken Down Because Of The Many Years Of Lawlessness, Indiscipline And Warfare. We Need More Training To Get More Qualified Judges. We Need Infrastructural Reforms. All Of Our Laws Need To Be Re-examined By A Law Reform Commission.

Liberia Can Move On And Break From The Past. That Is Very Important For Us To Try To Achieve Our Development Goals And Reconcile Our Nation.

I Earned My Professional Credibility A Long Time Ago In A Male-dominated World. I Just Hope That As A Woman, I Bring In An Extra Dimension To The Job. I Bring In The Sensitivity Of Being A Woman And A Mother, And That Means I Pay More Attention To Women, Children, And The Social Needs Of Society.