I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
BIANCA JAGGERGandhi 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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President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas.
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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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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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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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I feel great identification with the developing world.
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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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I am not just a celebrity, I’m a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.
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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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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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Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war.
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George W. Bush and Tony Blair had to convince the world that Saddam Hussein represented an imminent threat. Tony Blair lied when he claimed that Iraq could launch a chemical or biological attack within 45 minutes.
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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 think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
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I don’t think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.
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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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