Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Liberian politician who was the 22nd President of Liberia, serving from 1997 until his resignation in 2003. He was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment in 2012 for committing crimes against humanity during the Sierra Leone Civil War and the Second Liberian Civil War.
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 January 1948
CityArthington, Liberia
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There is a certain way of being human that is my way. I am called upon to live my life in this way, and not in imitation of anyone else's life. But this notion gives a new importance to being true to myself. If I am not, I miss the point of my life; I miss what being human is for me.
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We become full human agents, capable of understanding ourselves, and hence of defining our identity, through our acquisition of rich human languages of expression.
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To know who I am is a species of knowing where I stand. My identity is defined by the commitments and identifications which provide the frame or horizon within which I can try to determine from case to case what is good, or valuable, or what ought to be done, or what I endorse or oppose. In other words, it is the horizon within which I am capable of taking a stand.
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We define our identity always in dialogue with, sometimes in struggle against, the things our significant others want to see in us. Even after we outgrow some of these others—our parents, for instance—and they disappear from our lives, the conversation with them continues within us as long as we live.
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We were just hanging out in the parking lot until the power came on.
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I led a people's revolution that was justified, ... Our revolution was one to bring about change.
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As long as this stigma exists, that Charles Taylor is supposed to be Attila the Hun, nothing is going to come here. And now it's not just about me, it's about this country living.
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That's grounds for the United States and Britain to start military action against Liberia. That's grounds for sanctions,
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I've been through about 12 hurricanes in Louisiana and nothing was ever this bad,
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All parts of your company are trading well, and the outlook at present looks promising.
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This is an American war against this republic. LURD is a surrogate force.
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I see myself as contributing significantly to what happens hereafter, ... One would want me, former head of state of Liberia, to participate in a smooth landing of the entire transitional process. So I hope that I can help in whatever way that I can.
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So my leaving from office is not dependent on the arrival or the departure of the Americans,
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It was not President Bush that made the call on me to step down before I decided to step down,