Leymah Gbowee Quotes

“Regardless of whom you pray to, during war our experiences as a community and as mothers are the same.”

Leymah Gbowee

Gruber Foundation, Women's Rights Prize (2009)

“Women are the ones that bear the greatest burden. We are also the ones who nurture societies.”

Leymah Gbowee

Interview for Women's E News, 21 Leaders for the 21st Century (2008)

“If any changes were to be made in society it had to be by the mothers.”

Leymah Gbowee

Gruber Foundation, Women's Rights Prize (2009)

“We are all responsible. We are all complicit. White T-shirts catch the light. What matters is what we then do with that light. (The peace activists wore white t-shirts during their protests.)”

Leymah Gbowee

Interview for The Daily Beast (April 5, 2010)

“We have a saying: “A single straw of a broom can be broken easily, but the straws together are not easily broken.” So here are three things African women can do to support their sisters and daughters:”

Leymah Gbowee