The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.
BIANCA JAGGERPeople 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.
More Bianca Jagger Quotes
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I feel great identification with the developing world.
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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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During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult.
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A taboo, attached to it…now we have more women infected with HIV/AIDS, many of those women were infected by their husbands who did not tell them
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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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Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I’ve been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country.
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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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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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I don’t want to wear what every other women wears. I won’t be dictated to.
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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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There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the history of mankind. …
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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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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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Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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What is being said in media in other parts of the world is very different from what we’ve been told in this country throughout these years between September 11 and today.
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