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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.

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.

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.

We Are Here Because We Share A Fundamental Belief: That Poverty, Illiteracy, Disease And Inequality Do Not Belong In The Twenty-first Century. We Share A Common Purpose: To Eradicate These Ills For The Benefit Of All. And We Share A Common Tool To Achieve This: The Millennium Development Goals.

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.