President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas. – Bianca Jagger
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. – Bianca Jagger
The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world. – Bianca Jagger
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? – Bianca Jagger
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. – Bianca Jagger
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? – Bianca Jagger
We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime. – Bianca Jagger
Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society. – Bianca Jagger
Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories. – Bianca Jagger
In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words. – Bianca Jagger
Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn’t just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all. – Bianca Jagger
I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it. – Bianca Jagger
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. – Bianca Jagger
I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America. – 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. – Bianca Jagger
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. – Bianca Jagger
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. – Bianca Jagger
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. – Bianca Jagger
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. – Bianca Jagger
The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power. – Bianca Jagger
