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.
BIANCA JAGGERPhotography speaks a universal language that does not need translation, and with an immediacy that the written word lacks. It freezes a moment in time, leaving an indelible image.
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I don’t want to wear what every other women wears. I won’t be dictated to.
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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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The killing of innocent people is always wrong.
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Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war.
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People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.
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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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George W. Bush and Tony Blair had to convince the world that Saddam Hussein represented an imminent threat. Tony Blair lied when he claimed that Iraq could launch a chemical or biological attack within 45 minutes.
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Live interviews are more difficult to distort.
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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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Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn’t just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all.
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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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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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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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Photography speaks a universal language that does not need translation, and with an immediacy that the written word lacks. It freezes a moment in time, leaving an indelible image.
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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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Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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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 believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide.
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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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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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I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
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People in the U.K. cannot understand whether Blair has lost his mind or whether his ambition to be the second-most-powerful man in the world made him lose his mind.
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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.
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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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I don’t think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.
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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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