Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
BIANCA JAGGERThe 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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People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.
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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’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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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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I don’t think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.
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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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Live interviews are more difficult to distort.
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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.
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I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
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Bradley Manning is an American hero.
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The killing of innocent people is always wrong.
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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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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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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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I feel great identification with the developing world.
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