Liberian Politician Quotes

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)

William R. Tolbert Jr.

Edward Wilmot Blyden

Charles D. B. King

We are moving forward. Our best days are coming. The future belongs to us because we have taken charge of it. We have the resources. We have the resourcefulness.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

The African spirit is a spirit of service. I do not mean in a degrading sense, but in the highest sense, in which the Son of man came not to be ministered unto but to minister—the sense He took upon Himself the form of a servant—slave in the original. The spirit of service in the black man is born of his spiritual genius.

Edward Wilmot Blyden

He killed my ma, he killed my pa, but I will vote for him.

Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)

There must be a solidifying of our populations into one compact whole. The various indigenous tribes must be brought into the body politic, taught the duties and responsibilities of civilized government. Into them must be infused or inculcated an appreciative knowledge and understanding of hopes and aspirations of the Fathers who established this nation. There should be no words known in our National Vocabulary of Speech or even of thought as "Americo-Liberian"; "the country-man"; "the new-comer"; "the Sierra Leone man"; or such like terms of designating the various elements of our population.

Charles D. B. King

We all with faith, goodwill and purpose consider mankind our greatest challenge!

William R. Tolbert Jr.