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.

In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words.

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

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

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.

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.

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?

Photography speaks a universal language that does not need translation, and with an immediacy that the written word lacks. It freezes a moment in time, leaving an indelible image.

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

I don't want to wear what every other women wears. I won't be dictated to.

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.

We have not reached the consensus that to eat is a basic human right. This is an ethical crisis. This is a crisis of faith.

You know it’s a bad sign when the theme song from Titanic describes your relationship.

Other than the promise of life after death, nothing consoles the poor better than the fact that rich people are also subject to death.

Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.

He went to the hospital with bleeding kidney and me,I went dancing with my life

Sometimes the only way to win is to die trying.

Nowadays, saying what you really think can be a serious error since one risks being misunderstood.

When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

I'm German but I didn't say that. I have no moustache.

Nobody did nothin' to nobody.