Daniel Ellsberg Quotes

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• We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right.
• Those of us who finally saw through the Vietnam war saw through this war, and all the actions that were necessary to end the Vietnam…
• Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war to North Vietnam.
• This wholesale invasion of Americans’ and foreign citizens’ privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties we’re trying to…
• President Johnson put destroyers in harm's way in the Tonkin Gulf not only once, but several times, with the, with a lot of his people…
• My feelings of revulsion and foreboding about nuclear weapons had not changed an iota since 1945, and they have never left me. Since I was…
• There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year.
• Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.
• There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of…

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