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“Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.”
“The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world.”
“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?”
“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.”
“Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.”
“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 believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions.”
“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 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 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.”
“I believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide.”
“I don't think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.”
“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?”
“Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I've been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country.”
“The killing of innocent people is always wrong.”
“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 often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.”
“The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.”
“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.”