In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words.
BIANCA JAGGERWhat 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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The killing of innocent people is always wrong.
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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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Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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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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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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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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I believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions.
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I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
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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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Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war.
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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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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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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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Bradley Manning is an American hero.
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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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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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The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.
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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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People 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.
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I feel great identification with the developing world.
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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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I am not just a celebrity, I’m a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.
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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 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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Live interviews are more difficult to distort.
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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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