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 EllsbergBut it is important always to keep in mind that the danger of harming humans is not connected only or even mainly with telling secrets, there can be great danger in keeping secrets.
Daniel EllsbergWe need the courage to face the truth about what we are doing in the world and act responsibly to change it.
Daniel EllsbergIt's naive and even irresponsible for a grownup today to get her or his information about foreign policy and war and peace exclusively from the administration in power. It's essential to have other sources of information, to check those against one's own common sense, and to form your own judgment as to whether we ought to go to or persist in war.
Daniel Ellsberg