41 Quotes by 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.

I stand by it. I take the criticism for it. I think it's unfair, but yes, there is a thing about nepotism, and we all try to respect it.

I'm not talking about what you hear from 5 per cent of the population on the radio, in the papers. I don't pay attention to it. I travel around the country. I'm happy I have a good relationship with the people.

In terms of being able to renew my nation, to be able to be able to bring back a devastated country, to restore hope to our people, to lift women and to give them a new horizon, a new ambition and new dreams, in respect of all of that, I think we've accomplished it, and I feel very good about that.

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

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

I would like to make sure, first of all, that our women in the informal sector - I mean, these are the farmers and the traders; many of them are not educated, many of them lacking literacy - be able to give them better working conditions. And we've done a lot to be able to achieve that.

I've been involved in politics for quite some time. I've held positions, and my experiences are very deep, and I think I have the capacity, the courage, and the character to institute the kinds of reforms that are so desperately needed.

My mother was a disciplinarian. She believed that when young girls start to go out with young boys, they get married.