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 JAGGERDuring the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult.
More Bianca Jagger Quotes
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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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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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I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget.
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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 am not just a celebrity, I’m a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.
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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 don’t need an overpowering, powerful, rich man to feel secure. I’d much rather have a man who is there for me, who really loves me, who is growing, who is real.
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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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Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
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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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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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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 feel great identification with the developing world.
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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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