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

If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.

There is no easy fix or youth unemployment. Partnership between the public and private sectors can make a big difference.

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.

Of course, I am the first democratically elected woman president in Africa, and that raises a lot of expectations. Because I represent the aspirations of women all over Africa, I must succeed for them. I must keep the door open for women's participation in politics at the highest level. That is both humbling and exciting.

If your dreams don't scare you, you aren't dreaming big enough.

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.