Top 46 Quotes by Bianca Jagger

I believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide.

The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.

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

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?

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.