Quotes By Bianca Jagger

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.

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

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?

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.

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

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?

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

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

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

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

I feel great identification with the developing world.

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.

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 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.

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.

The killing of innocent people is always wrong.

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

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