Quotes by Bianca Jagger

About Bianca Jagger:

Bianca Jagger is a Nicaraguan-born social and human rights advocate and a former actress. Jagger currently serves as a Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador, Founder and Chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, Member of the Executive Director's Leadership Council of Amnesty International USA, and a Trustee of the Amazon Charitable Trust.
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I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.

Bianca Jagger

Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war. People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.

Bianca Jagger

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

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

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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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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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I feel great identification with the developing world.

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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.

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

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

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

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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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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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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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Live interviews are more difficult to distort.

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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.

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The killing of innocent people is always wrong.

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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.

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

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Author Bio

  • NameBianca Jagger
  • DescriptionNicaraguan-born social and human rights advocate and a former actress
  • BornMay 2, 1945
  • CountryNicaragua; United Kingdom
  • ProfessionModel
  • AwardsRight Livelihood Award