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.
BIANCA JAGGERWe 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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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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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 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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The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.
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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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Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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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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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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Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society.
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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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We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.
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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 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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