Bush ist der schädlichste und gefährlichste Präsident, den Amerika je hatte.
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?
Statt Aktivist würde ich mich lieber als Anwalt der Menschenrechte bezeichnen.
Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn't just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all.
Ganz klar ist der Klimawandel die größte Bedrohung unserer Zeit. Früher oder später wird er jeden von uns treffen, überall, in jedem Land und in jeder Gesellschaftsschicht – in Entwicklungsländern und in der entwickelten Welt. Wir alle leiden doch schon jetzt unter den katastrophalen Folgen: der steigende Meeresspiegel, Wüstenbildung, Wasserknappheit und als Folge auch politische Unruhen und Kriege. Doch nicht die Verursacher des Klimawandels, sondern Menschen, die nichts damit zu tun haben tragen die Last und haben den Schaden. Das ist eine schreckliche Ungerechtigkeit. Mit meiner Stiftung versuche ich daher an einem umfassenden, gerechten und rechtlich verbindlichem Klimaabkommen mitzuarbeiten, und den Technologietransfer in Entwicklungsländer zu fördern. Ich hoffe, dass die UN-Weltklimakonferenz im Dezember in Paris endlich eine verbindliche Vereinbarung mit klarer Zielsetzung liefert, denn das ist längst überfällig und bitter nötig.
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.
Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
Bush and Blair combined their efforts to deceive both nations in a carefully coordinated manner, more so than anyone is willing to point out in the media.
I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.
The killing of innocent people is always wrong.
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.
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.
I feel great identification with the developing world.
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.
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 often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
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.
Live interviews are more difficult to distort.
Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.
I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words.
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.
George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions.
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.
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.
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.
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 am not just a celebrity, I'm a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.
Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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