Quotes By 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?

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.