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I am not just a celebrity, I’m a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.

Bianca Jagger

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
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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Country Different Media Told Years
I don’t think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.
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Aware Politically Thinking
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
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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Different Forever Men
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
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
Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
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Government Law People
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 death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.
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Death Penalty Penalties United States
Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war.
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People Successful War
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
Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society.
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Members Privileged Suffering
People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.
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Appreciate Courage Oppose People Politician
The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
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Embargo Nicaragua Weakening
Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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States Terrorism Today

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