Bianca Jagger Quotes

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Bianca Jagger

Profession : Celebrity

Birth : May 2, 1945

Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war. People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.

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Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society.

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I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget.

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Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.

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There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would they have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to the people of Nicaragua?

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The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That's why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless.

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In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words.

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I've enjoyed doing Wolf Blitzer's program, and I even enjoyed having a heated debate with Bill O'Reilly. I will do it any time.

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We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.

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I think the difference between El Salvador and Nicaragua is that in Nicaragua you had a popular insurrection, and in El Salvador you had a revolution.

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I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.

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Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.

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The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.

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I don't think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.

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Tony Blair has turned his back on the principles he claimed he believed in before he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with George W. Bush. He was an entirely different kind of leader.

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The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.

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The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.

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The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world.

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Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis.

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President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas.

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