Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Quotes

We are affirming human rights for all women and girls, acknowledging the full range of diversity that exists, and detailing actions to prevent violence.

The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories.

We are justified in believing that the success of this movement for equality of the sexes means more progress toward equality of the races.

I sign this bill for my daughters, and all those who will come after us, because I want them to grow up in a nation that values their contributions, where there are no limits to their dreams and they have opportunities their mothers and grandmothers never could have imagined.

Like feminism, I want to create systems and structures for the equity for all people, especially girls and women.

You have to be committed to expand rights and opportunities for all women.

No country can succeed if it denies itself the talents of half of its people.

I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.

I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights.

You would better educate ten women into the practice of liberal principles than to organize a thousand on a platform of intolerance and bigotry.

I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.

You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.

The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full.

In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can.

We ask to be recognized as men.

The recognition of rights for women and minorities became a large part of my understanding of what this country is all about.

Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women.

All the problems that fall to the League may ultimately be reduced to one - that of man, and the dignity of man.

If you wish the Jews to become better men and useful citizens, then banish every humiliating restriction, open to them every avenue of gaining a livelihood.

The right to education and to free speech having been gained for woman, in the long run every other good thing was sure to be obtained.

Understanding the spirit of our institutions to aim at the elevation of men, I am opposed to whatever tends to degrade them.

I feel strongly about the need for diversity, and with good reason. I'm from a generation of women that found it exhilarating to shatter the glass ceiling. We viewed obstacles as opportunities and earned our seat at the leadership table.

Human rights must work to uplift human dignity.

I like characters and stories that challenge the status quo. Lately, I'm really interested in history because I find that in my public school education, I didn't learn about women in history. I want to introduce the world to some great stories and incredible heroes.

Girls of color and young women need to be seen, heard, and valued. Schools can help make this happen by including our stories in the curriculum.