“Ebola is not just a health crisis. Across West Africa, a generation of young people risks being lost to an economic catastrophe.” PeopleYoungLostRiskGenerationsEconomicCrisisWestCatastropheEbolaWest Africa Author:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
“I think the majority of the Liberian people want peace.” PeopleThinkingWantMajority Author:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
“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.” PeopleLooksDoneStoriesRealizingPaidHeavyLife Story Author:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
“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.” PeopleProblemGovernmentJobsResponsibilityDevelopmentResourcesRaisesComplexesReformPrimariesAgendasRevenueInfrastructurePrivate SectorComplex Problems Author:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
“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.” PeopleWantBigsSchoolJobsYoungChallengesCreationRight NowRemainsPreoccupationJob CreationBig Challenges Author:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
“I don't face any particular problems as a woman president because I have been a professional for a long time. I keep telling people: I am a technocrat who happens to be a woman.” PeopleLongHas BeensProblemHappensFacesPresidentParticularLong Time Author:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
“I don't run a woman government. I run a government of people.” PeopleGovernmentRunning Author:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
“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 begin to smile again, with a restoration of hope and faith in the future.” PeopleKnowsMeanChildrenWaterOur ChildrenCleanDeprivedRestorationHope And FaithClean Water Author:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
“Ethnicity should enrich us; it should make us a unique people in our diversity and not be used to divide us.” PeopleLifeShouldUsedDiversityUniqueDividesEthnicity Author:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
