I don’t need an overpowering, powerful, rich man to feel secure. I’d much rather have a man who is there for me, who really loves me, who is growing, who is real.
BIANCA JAGGERThe 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.
More Bianca Jagger Quotes
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I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
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A man who gets divorced is not forever going to be talked about for it. There are very different standards that we have for women than we have for men.
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I don’t want to wear what every other women wears. I won’t be dictated to.
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I didn’t want to be discriminated against because of my gender and status. I promised myself I was never going to be treated as a second-class citizen.
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I feel great identification with the developing world.
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I am not just a celebrity, I’m a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.
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Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.
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Live interviews are more difficult to distort.
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People in the U.K. cannot understand whether Blair has lost his mind or whether his ambition to be the second-most-powerful man in the world made him lose his mind.
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George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions.
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I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts.
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People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss.
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Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
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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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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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