Daniel Ellsberg

“The public is not aware of how consistently it is lied to.”

“Secrecy is a form of regulation.”

“It is a tribute to the First Amendment that we do not have an Official Secrets Act in this country.”

“Courage is contagious.”

“Wouldn't you go to prison to help end this war?”

“Truth-telling to the American people is not a crime.”

“To be a patriot, one had to say, 'Yes, I am a citizen of this country, and I will not stand by and watch my government commit crimes in my name.'”

“It's not that we need to form a political party. It's that we need to form a political movement.”

“The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.”

“I felt that as an American citizen, as a responsible citizen, I could no longer cooperate in concealing this information from the American public.”

“A society that doesn't have a press that is free to criticize the government is not a democracy.”

“We need the courage to face the truth and to speak the truth to power.”

“What is the use of being elected or re-elected unless you stand for something?”

“When you have a government that is lying to you, you have an obligation to tell the truth.”