Ethnicity should enrich us; it should make us a unique people in our diversity and not be used to divide us.

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.

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.

In Liberia, the big challenge that remains for us is job creation. We want young people to work or go to school. That is our main preoccupation right now.

I beg you I no magician. I can't just wave a magic wand.

I think the majority of the Liberian people want peace.

Our entire judicial system in Liberia has broken down because of the many years of lawlessness, indiscipline and warfare. We need more training to get more qualified judges. We need infrastructural reforms. All of our laws need to be re-examined by a law reform commission.