Mia Mottley Quotes

even if for many we are invisible, we are not dispensable.

We are waiting for urgent global, moral, strategic leadership," said Ms. Mottley. "If we don't control this fire, it will burn us all down.

“If I use the speech prepared for me to deliver today, it would be a repetition– s repetition of what you’ve heard from others, and also from me”.

Alongside new capital, innovative instruments, partnerships and new ways of working together are critical if we are to overcome the challenges posed by climate, pandemics and debt. These new, integrated, initiatives announced today are embodiment of what can come out of new cooperative ways of working together.

Our world stands at a fork in the road; one no less significant than when the United Nations was formed in 1945. But then the majority of countries here did not exist, we exist now. The difference is we want to exist a 100 years from now,

“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision is merely passing time. But vision with action can change the world.

If it matters enough, we can choose to end climate change. Our only limits are the limits to our imagination. We achieve what we put our resources behind.

the world must claim ground, secure it and move forward. “We need collective partnerships. We need new voices to inspire and to influence.”

Because it is the right thing to do - not just politically but morally,

But we who are invisible do not have the luxury of time because we are busy trying to survive,

If our existence is to mean anything, then we must act in the interest of all of our people who are dependent on us,

An international order that is not inclusive, or strongly rooted in fairness and moral legitimacy will fail to halt and reverse climate change,

We know how to run fast in one set of circumstances when it suits one set of people but yet we run very slow when it matters to billions of people and their access to livelihood,

We do not want that dreaded death sentence, and we have come here today to say, 'Try harder,'

Our people are watching, and our people are taking note,