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.
BIANCA JAGGERAmericans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn’t just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all.
More Bianca Jagger Quotes
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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 feel great identification with the developing world.
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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 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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I am not just a celebrity, I’m a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.
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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’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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The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.
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Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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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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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.
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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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Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis.
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I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget.
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Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war.
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