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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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Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war.
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People Successful War
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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Law Rights World
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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Bills Debate Enjoy Heated
The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
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Embargo Nicaragua Weakening
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
I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
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Country Government Nicaragua
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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Discovered Dream Equality Law
Live interviews are more difficult to distort.
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Difficult Interview
I don’t think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.
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Aware Politically Thinking
Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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States Terrorism Today
I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
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Country Government Thinking
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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Government Justice People War
Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
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Government Law People
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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Country Different Media Told Years
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
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

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