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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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Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
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Government Law People
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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Citizens Class House
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
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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Country Models Philosophy Role
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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Believe Interview Lobbying Share Views
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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Commitment Human Issue Rights War
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
Live interviews are more difficult to distort.
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Difficult Interview
I believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide.
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Believe Genocide Ongoing
The killing of innocent people is always wrong.
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Innocence Innocent People Person
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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Continue Country Doubt Leave Loss People
The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
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Embargo Nicaragua Weakening
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
Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war.
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People Successful War
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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Attacked Hiv Husband Infected Taboo Women
During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult.
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Divorce Parent Years

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