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I think the difference between El Salvador and Nicaragua is that in Nicaragua you had a popular insurrection, and in El Salvador you had a revolution.

- Bianca Jagger

Think, I Think, Salvador, El Salvador

Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.

- Bianca Jagger

Own, Failed, Governments, Territories

Look at what President Kennedy managed to achieve during the Cuban missile crisis. If Bush had been president in 1962, do you think he would have avoided a nuclear war?

- Bianca Jagger

Think, Crisis, Been, President Kennedy

Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I've been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country.

- Bianca Jagger

My Life, Country, Became, Gandhi

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.

- Bianca Jagger

Claimed, Hussein, Bush, Biological

The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.

- Bianca Jagger

Revolution, Question, Any, Insurrection

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 Jagger

My Life, British, Issues, Fundraising

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.

- Bianca Jagger

Away, Assault, Bush, Conventions

I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States launched a covert war against another nation in violation of international law, a war that was wrong and immoral.

- Bianca Jagger

Law, United States, Still, International

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.

- Bianca Jagger

Media, Got, Referring, Divorced

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.

- Bianca Jagger

Going, Very, About, Divorced

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.

- Bianca Jagger

Been, Brutal, Iraqis, Rescue

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

- Bianca Jagger

I Am, Celebrity, Last, Human-Rights

I believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide.

- Bianca Jagger

Call, Ongoing, I Believe The, Only Time

Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.

- Bianca Jagger

Law, Genocide, Governments, International

Live interviews are more difficult to distort.

- Bianca Jagger

Live, More, Difficult, Distort

I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.

- Bianca Jagger

Think, America, I Think, Dominance

The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.

- Bianca Jagger

Rather, Actually, Imposed, Maintained

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 Jagger

Leader, Before, Turned, None

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.

- Bianca Jagger

Mind, Lose, Made, Blair

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.

- Bianca Jagger

More, Carefully, Bush, Blair

The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world.

- Bianca Jagger

Against, Consumed, Became, Superpower

I feel great identification with the developing world.

- Bianca Jagger

World, Feel, Developing, Identification

I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.

- Bianca Jagger

Government, Against, Often, Traveled

We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.

- Bianca Jagger

Go, Committed, Supposed, Suspect

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.

- Bianca Jagger

Voice, Fact, Lives, Voiceless

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 Jagger

Gender, Citizen, Treated, Discriminated

George W. Bush will have to come to the UN and admit that he was wrong.

- Bianca Jagger

Admit, Will, George W. Bush, George W

President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas.

- Bianca Jagger

Office, Back, Bush, President Bush

I believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions.

- Bianca Jagger

Solutions, Dangerous, Bush, President Bush

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