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

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

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

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

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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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The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.

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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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I don't think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.

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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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Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society.

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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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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