70 Quotes by Nicaraguan authors

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Voices from Nicaragua carry volcanic warmth and lake-breeze clarity: quick wit born in mercados, tenderness shaped by hammocks and hard seasons. Sayings balance machete-sharp irony with campesino patience, blessing and protest in the same breath. From Darío’s musical cadences to street-corner refranes, they celebrate comunidad, maíz, and marimba while teasing power with El Güegüense’s grin. Expect cariño and stubborn hope, the dust of the dry season and the first rain on zinc roofs, phrases that work, work, and dance.

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"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, Celebrity

"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, Celebrity

"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, Celebrity

"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, Celebrity

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

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"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, Celebrity

"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"

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"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"

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"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"

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"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"

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"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, Celebrity

"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"

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power"

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"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, Celebrity

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

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"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, Celebrity

"Live interviews are more difficult to distort"

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

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

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

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

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"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"

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

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

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"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"

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"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"

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

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

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

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

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"I think for the U.S. government, the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America"

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"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"

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"The people of Nicaragua were suffering oppression. This made us develop an awareness which eventually led us to commit ourselves to the struggle against the domination of the capitalists of our country in collusion with the U.S. government, i.e., imperialism"

Daniel Ortega, Statesman

"Of course, the kind of support that Cuba could give us was very limited when it came to building up our army, since they didn't manufacture armaments in the quantities that we required. So we turned to Algeria and the Soviet Union for support"

Daniel Ortega, Statesman

"Without the United States, there simply would not have been an armed uprising in our country"

Daniel Ortega, Statesman

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