"I don't face any particular problems as a woman president because I have been a professional for a long time. I keep telling people: I am a technocr… - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

The Nobel Committee cannot license us three Laureates to speak for women. But it has provided us a platform from which to speak to women, around the globe, whatever their nationality, their color, their religion, or their station in life. It is you, my sisters, and especially those who have seen the devastation that merciless violence can bring, to whom I dedicate my remarks, and this Prize.

Ethnicity should enrich us; it should make us a unique people in our diversity and not be used to divide us.

Technology has turned our world into one interconnected neighborhood. What happens in one place is seen in every corner, and there has been no better time for the spread of peace, democracy and their attending social justice and fairness for all.