Quotes related to Bradley Manning

Daniel Ellsberg

I was Bradley Manning.

• CNN

I've never heard of a consciousness or the willingness to go to prison in order to put the truth out as I did. So, he's a hero of mine.

• YouTube

PJ Crowley

What is happening to Manning is ridiculous, counterproductive and stupid, and I don’t know why the DoD is doing it.

• Talk at MIT (March, 2011)

Quite honestly, I didn’t necessarily think the controversy would go as far as it did but I don’t regret saying what I said.

• Interview with BBC (March, 2011)

Barack Obama

Acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled."

• Presidential campaign (2008)

Juan Mendez

I am deeply disappointed and frustrated by the prevarication of the US government with regard to my attempts to visit Mr Manning.

• Guardian

John McCain

[Solitary confinement] crushes your spirit and weakens your resistance more effectively than any other form of mistreatment.

• Description of torture in Vietnam, which included broken bones