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.
BIANCA JAGGERI often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
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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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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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I am not just a celebrity, I’m a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.
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Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society.
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I feel great identification with the developing world.
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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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The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
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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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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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Bradley Manning is an American hero.
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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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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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President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas.
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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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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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