George Weah Quotes (32 Quotes)


    Our decision is based on our desire to see the Liberian people achieve durable and genuine peace and have the opportunity to carry on the business of national recovery and redemption in an atmosphere of tranquility.

    We are seeking the advice of the international community and all the people that are involved to see if everybody can arrest this situation. While we are preparing ourselves for the legal side, we are also asking our people to be very calm.

    Today we will choose our leader through democratic forces,

    These elections should be about the issues that confront our people, the issue of lack of safe drinking water, electricity, roads, education, agriculture, health care and the plight of our young people, and re-integration of ex-combatants. These are the issues that we must deliberate on.

    I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.


    It is a special honor -- for me, for Liberia, for all of Africa,

    My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

    my government will create incentives for them to go to school and learn skill to become productive citizens. This is achievable and I am committed to it.

    I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I want to say, there's no reason to cry. Do not, in the name of peace, go in the streets and riot.

    I am a peaceful man. No matter what they say, I am a true son of this community.

    As a son of this country I believe in the people. Credibility and dignity is what I bring to the table.

    It is time for a new order and it is time to reconcile and unite.

    If we want a democratic process, the international community, the U.N. ... need to look at this,

    This is a very good day, this is the day people are exercising their democratic right ... they are doing it for the first time without fear,

    I am looking forward to victory. We won the first round and I am confident we will win the second round.

    In a city so poor that a T-shirt is considered a luxury item, many of those attending his launch rally had painted the initials of his party - the Congress for Democratic Change - on their bare torsos. Others, noting the shirt numbers he used to wear in his prime, saw fate at work. For Milan, Weah sported the number nine, for his country it was always number 14. Add the figures together and they make 23. On Oct 11, Liberians will elect their 23rd president. As I look into your faces tonight, I see that I am your future, ... As I look into your faces tonight I see that I am your destiny. I see that your dream will be fulfilled.

    They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people.

    The world is saying this election was free and fair, which was not true,

    My fellow revolutionaries, liberation is a noble cause. We must fight to obtain it.

    The whole world is preaching democracy, so we have no doubt that this election will be free and fair.

    I support her government. All that matters now is to move the country ahead.

    While we were preaching transparency and democracy, our election was fraudulent,

    You chose me because I am a peace ambassador. You have a case. While we are looking into the case we want you to remain calm. The streets of Monrovia do not belong to demonstrators. Do not go into the streets to riot,

    not about my popularity. People have been supporting me since my childhood. They are supporting me because they want a change not about my popularity.

    You have to be courageous because we have not lost the election. We want you to have courage. We want you to know that everything we do is peace first and peace last,

    I decided to discontinue the court case because I wanted for the country to move ahead. All that we do, we do it in the interest of the country. As I told my partisans at the time, we wanted to move ahead.

    I walk about a mile a day each way. On steep hills I have to pay people to help me push.

    I can bring about change. The people have spoken and their voices must be heard,


    She brought in fraud, she brought extra ballots and stuffed them in the boxes. Somebody must be disqualified instead of claiming to be the president ... this is not about who wins or who loses. This about democracy.

    I won the first round and today I hope and pray I will win again.

    I think someone who takes the presidency must not take it to learn. (There is) a crisis of leadership and it needs someone who understands already the depth of human suffering and the difficulties we are confronted with. There's no time for learning.


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