Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Ellen Johnson Sirleaf:

My mother was the strength. She was the anchor. She was a preacher and a teacher.

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.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

My calling was first of all to ensure there was peace in the country, because we could easily have gone back to war. In the midst of the country, there were still warlords; there were many child soldiers who had never gone to school - they were part of the social setting - compromises had to be made.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

My mother was the strength. She was the anchor. She was a preacher and a teacher.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

I underestimated the low level of capacity. I also underestimated the cultural roots of corruption.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

I think the majority of the Liberian people want peace.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

I don't think people understand the awesomeness of the destruction of this country - its institutions, its infrastructure, its law, its morals.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

We have to overcome the practice of male domination - even though it's changing, and changing in Liberia quite drastically.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf