Quotes by Bianca Jagger

The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.

— Bianca Jagger

Life

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

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Wisdom

The killing of innocent people is always wrong.

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Wisdom

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?

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Success

I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.

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Success

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.

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Wisdom

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.

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Success

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.

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Wisdom

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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Wisdom

I feel great identification with the developing world.

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Life

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.

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Wisdom

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

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Wisdom

Live interviews are more difficult to distort.

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Wisdom

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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Happiness

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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Freedom

I have always been willing to admit when I made a mistake. I made a mistake in my understanding of the composition of the Contras, not on my opposition to the Contra war.

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Wisdom

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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Wisdom

I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts.

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Life

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

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Life

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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Wisdom

Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.

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Wisdom

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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Life

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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Happiness

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

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Wisdom