I think we can achieve meaningful change, but only if we demand that the institutions themselves change their behavior.

It can be so difficult to get people to think about systemic institutional problems. It is easier just to see the actions of one or two people and say, "That's wrong!"

I wanted the American public to know that not everyone in Iraq and Afghanistan were targets that needed to be neutralized, but rather people who were struggling to live in the pressure cooker environment of what we call asymmetric warfare.

I can only ask of those who care about me and the issues in my case to support me and spread the word about what is going on.

I think the embryonic digital world had the same affect on me as the openness of the old American frontier.

I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible.

As a young kid, I spent a lot of time exploring the world around me.