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

Bianca Jagger

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Bianca Jagger
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: May 2
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Bianca Pérez-Mora Macías
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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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Bradley Manning is an American hero.
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I don't need an overpowering, powerful, rich man to feel secure. I'd much rather have a man who is there for me, who really loves me, who is growing, who is real.
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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 don't want to wear what every other women wears. I won't be dictated to.
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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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Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
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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 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 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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President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas.
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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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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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We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.
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I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.
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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 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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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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There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the history of mankind. ... We need to defend our principles and values, human rights, civil liberties and the rule of international law. If we don't our world will further descend into a state of chaos.
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The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.
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