Daniel Ellsberg Quotes

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• If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
• If there's another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be,…
• Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress.
• The fact is that when it comes to judgment as to what should be secret and what should not be secret, Julian Assange's judgment has…
• You needn't think there is nothing you can do-you can tell the truth.
• The effect of that is to poison the flow of information to the President himself and to create a situation where a President can be…
• Obama is making a choice now that will lead to the deaths of many thousands of civilians in Afghanistan by American hands. By ordinary standards…
• I agree that there are things that should be kept secret.
• In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material, and that definitely includes…
• EVERY attack now made on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange was made against me and the release of the Pentagon Papers at the time.
• I felt that as an American citizen, as a responsible citizen, I could no longer cooperate in concealing this information from the American public. I…
• There are some things that should not be leaked without authorization.
• We need the courage to face the truth about what we are doing in the world and act responsibly to change it.
• The courage we need is not the fortitude to be obedient in the service of an unjust war, to help conceal lies, to do our…
• It is a tribute to the American people that our leaders perceived that they had to lie to us, it is not a tribute to…
• It is time for the rest of the world to join ... in demanding that ALL the nuclear weapons states -including Israel, India and Pakistan,…
• It is urgent to prevent new U.S. aggression. The time is now for the world to say 'no' to U.S. threats of air attack against…
• My activities, for which I gratefully accept this Award, are today what they have been for over thirty-five years and will be for the rest…
• Truth-telling to Congress and the public is not disloyal in America: it is an expression of the higher loyalty officials owe to the Constitution, the…
• I see Edward Snowden as someone who has chosen, at best, exile from the country he loves-with a serious risk of his assassination by agents…

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