Facts about Daniel Ellsberg

Occup.Celebrity
FromUSA
BornApril 7, 1931
Age93 years

Summary

Daniel Ellsberg is a famous Celebrity from USA, he/she is 93 years old and still alive, born April 7, 1931.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac aries, who is known for Active, Demanding, Determined, Effective, Ambitious. Our collection contains 13 quotes who is written / told by Daniel.

13 Famous quotes by Daniel Ellsberg

Small: Obama is making a choice now that will lead to the deaths of many thousands of civilians in Afghanistan
"Obama is making a choice now that will lead to the deaths of many thousands of civilians in Afghanistan by American hands. By ordinary standards of presidents, he is a decent man. But those standards aren't good enough. He's in a position either to kill or not to kill, and he's made the decision to kill"
Small: We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right
"We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right"
Small: If theres another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no dou
"If there's another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country"
Small: There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year
"There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year"
Small: The fact is that when it comes to judgment as to what should be secret and what should not be secret, J
"The fact is that when it comes to judgment as to what should be secret and what should not be secret, Julian Assange's judgment has been pretty good so far"
Small: Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that t
"Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress"
Small: Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war to North Vietna
"Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war to North Vietnam"
Small: Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believe
"Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule"
Small: It was a good 15 or 20 years before anyone at Rand would be in the same room with me. They didnt want t
"It was a good 15 or 20 years before anyone at Rand would be in the same room with me. They didn't want the question raised, 'What's your relationship with Daniel Ellsberg?' And not one of them wrote me a letter because they didn't want a letter of theirs to show up in my trash - which the FBI had been going through"
Small: President Johnson put destroyers in harms way in the Tonkin Gulf not only once, but several times, with
"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 hoping that it would lead to a confrontation and claiming that it had. And could have resulted in the lost of many lives in the course of it"
Small: If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us
"If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us"
Small: I agree that there are things that should be kept secret
"I agree that there are things that should be kept secret"
Small: There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions
"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 doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare"