Mia Mottley Quotes
born 1965
Mia Mottley (born 1 October 1965) is a Barbadian politician. She is currently the 8th and current Prime Minister of Barbados since 25 May 2018.
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In a family, children leave and go and set up their own households and that does not in any way affect the relationship between the family.
Mia Mottley (2020)
“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision is merely passing time. But vision with action can change the world.
” The best leaders not only create their vision, but also inspire others toward action.”
“What will it take for us to get the mighty of the world to protect us against the existential threat to our survival?”
"The world needs us to rise up and change our behaviour."
"I want to salute the King for having the courage to recognise this is a conversation that the time has come to have,"
"The conspiracy of silence has diminished the horror of what our people faced,"
“We are committed to resume the battle of saving people and the planet,”
“We are waiting for urgent global, moral, strategic leadership,” said Ms. Mottley. “If we don’t control this fire, it will burn us all down.”
“If it matters enough, we can choose to end climate change. Our only limits are the limits to our imagination. We achieve what we put our resources behind.”
“Because it is the right thing to do - not just politically but morally,”
“If we can find the will to send people to the moon and solve male baldness, we can solve simple problems like letting our people eat”.
“An international order that is not inclusive, or strongly rooted in fairness and moral legitimacy will fail to halt and reverse climate change,”
“But we who are invisible do not have the luxury of time because we are busy trying to survive,”
"We do not want that dreaded death sentence, and we have come here today to say, 'Try harder,' "
"If our existence is to mean anything, then we must act in the interest of all of our people who are dependent on us,"
“Our people are watching, and our people are taking note,”
“If I use the speech prepared for me to deliver today, it would be a repetition– s repetition of what you’ve heard from others, and also from me”.
"And if we don't, we will allow the path of greed and selfishness to sow the seeds of our common destruction,"
“Let us choose to end climate change. We will achieve it. Human ingenuity will enable us to do so. But we cannot wait. Let us bring it forward.”