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People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.

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Bush and Blair combined their efforts to deceive both nations in a carefully coordinated manner, more so than anyone is willing to point out in the media.
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Effort Hype Media More Nation Point
I don’t believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don’t believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views. I want to reach a wider audience.
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Believe Interview Lobbying Share Views
I believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide.
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Believe Genocide Ongoing
I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
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Country Government Nicaragua
I don’t think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.
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Aware Politically Thinking
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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Commitment Human Issue Rights War
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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Forget Marriage Media Want
When I began my humanitarian work, I understood that in order to gain credibility I needed patience, commitment and unwavering perseverance. I needed to ignore the skeptics.
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Commitment Order Perseverance
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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Different Forever Men
Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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States Terrorism Today
Bradley Manning is an American hero.
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Bradley Country Hero Manning
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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Believe Help Innocent People Voice Voiceless
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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Country Indigenous Latin Rights Traditional
The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.
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Death Penalty Penalties United States
We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.
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Committed Crime Suspect
I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
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