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.

Liberia can move on and break from the past. That is very important for us to try to achieve our development goals and reconcile our nation.

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.

I work hard, I work late, I have nothing on my conscience. When I go to bed, I sleep.

I've been a victor of circumstance.

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.

I think the majority of the Liberian people want peace.