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.

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.

In Liberia, our salary scales are so low that our judicial system has become corrupt over the years. Now, we need to do some things ourselves.

We all have a stake in the battle against Ebola.

Women work harder. And women are more honest; they have less reasons to be corrupt.

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.

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.