Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Peace we make : Harmony (1)

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

EllenJohnson Sirleaf is born at 29 October 1938, Monrovia, Liberia. She is first woman president in Liberia, who won Nobel Peace Prize 2011. She fought for Liberia's autocracy, and for recovery of wars. Her peace movement, fighting for womens rights. Her prize motivation is "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for womens rights to full participation in peace-building work". 



Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Quotes

The future belongs to us, because we have taken charge of it. We have the commitment, we have the resourcefulness, and we have the strength of our people to share the dream across Africa of clean water for all.
-Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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.
-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 to begin to smile again with a restoration of hope and faith in the future.
-Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

I think the majority of the Liberian people want peace.
-Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.
-Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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