Quotes by Bianca Jagger

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

"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."

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

"I feel great identification with the developing world."

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

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

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

"The killing of innocent people is always wrong."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"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?"

"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?"

"In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words."

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

"Live interviews are more difficult to distort."

"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."

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

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

"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."

"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."

"Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn't just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all."