This wholesale invasion of Americansโ and foreign citizensโ privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties weโre trying to protect.
Daniel EllsbergWe need the courage to face the truth about what we are doing in the world and act responsibly to change it.
Daniel EllsbergFor an American to be patriotic is to be loyal to the principles of our Constitution, and the First Amendment. The truth is that the policies of the government is sometimes in conflict with that. In our country, patriotism should not be defined as obedience to an authority.
Daniel EllsbergThe courage we need is not the fortitude to be obedient in the service of an unjust war, to help conceal lies, to do our job for a boss who has usurped power and is acting as an outlaw government. It is the courage at last to face honestly the truth and reality of what we are doing in the world and act responsibly to change it.
Daniel Ellsberg