Latest Leymah Gbowee Quotes from Interviews

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• Religion by itself was not meant to be a divisive tool. All of our religious teachings have similar rules, such as a commitment to peace and nonviolence, and care for women and widows and orphans. What has destroyed a coming together is men's interpretation of religion.

  Leymah Gbowee

  Religious, Teaching, Commitment

  Source: progressive.org

• It is so difficult to do any work nonviolently if you don't have the constant awareness of someone who is greater than you are - someone greater who will not just fight for you but who is there to console you.

  Leymah Gbowee

  Fighting, Awareness, Difficult

  Source: progressive.org

• Men are the ones who often juggle back and forth for power. It is the women who bring humanity to the table - an understanding that beyond the jobs that men are fighting for, there are people out there really waiting for you to do something for life to go on. The only way all of this can happen effectively is if women are at the table as active participants, not as silent observers.

  Leymah Gbowee

  Jobs, Fighting, Men

  Source: progressive.org

• If you read the life of great men and women who made important changes in history, there are two common features: One, they were angry at the state of affairs and, two, they were people of faith.

  Leymah Gbowee

  Men, Two, People

  Source: progressive.org