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.
BIANCA JAGGERPeople 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.
More Bianca Jagger Quotes
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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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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 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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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 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 think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
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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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The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
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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’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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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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The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That’s why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless.
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The killing of innocent people is always wrong.
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Live interviews are more difficult to distort.
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Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war.
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