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Of course, I am the first democratically elected woman president in Africa, and that raises a lot of expectations. Because I represent the aspirations of women all over Africa, I must succeed for them. I must keep the door open for women's participation in politics at the highest level. That is both humbling and exciting.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: October 29
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.
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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.
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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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If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.
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We all have a stake in the battle against Ebola.
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To girls and women everywhere, I issue a simple invitation. My sisters, my daughters, my friends find your voice
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I beg you I no magician. I can't just wave a magic wand.
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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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I think the majority of the Liberian people want peace.
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Women work harder. And women are more honest they have less reasons to be corrupt.
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I don't run a woman government. I run a government of people.
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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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Leadership is never given on a silver platter, one has to earn it.
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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.
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