I've been a victor of circumstance.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.