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Chelsea Manning Quotes

born 1987 United States

Chelsea Elizabeth Manning (born December 17, 1987) is a United States Army soldier who was convicted in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses, after releasing the largest set of classified documents ever leaked to the public. Manning was sentenced in August 2013 to 35 years confinement with the possibility of parole in eight years, and to be dishonorably discharged from the Army.

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Also known as: Bradley Manning

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As the late Howard Zinn once said, "There is not a flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people."

Letter to Barack Obama (2013)

It turns out that being on the left and having actual principles isn't very profitable.

I don't cooperate with grand juries or the police ever. That's just my standard policy.

Patriotism is often the cry extolled when morally questionable acts are advocated by those in power. When these cries of patriotism drown out any logically based dissension, it is usually the American soldier that is given the order to carry out some ill-conceived mission.

Letter to Barack Obama (2013)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Chelsea Manning (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.