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.
BIANCA JAGGERThere 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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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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We need to defend our principles and values, human rights, civil liberties and the rule of international law. If we don’t our world will further descend into a state of chaos.
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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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Live interviews are more difficult to distort.
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I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
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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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President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas.
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Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
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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 believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide.
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Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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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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People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.
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Photography speaks a universal language that does not need translation, and with an immediacy that the written word lacks. It freezes a moment in time, leaving an indelible image.
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I don’t think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.
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