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• Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war to North Vietnam.

  Daniel Ellsberg

  War, Ghouls, Secret

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• My feelings of revulsion and foreboding about nuclear weapons had not changed an iota since 1945, and they have never left me. Since I was 14, the overriding objective of my life has been to prevent the occurrence of nuclear war.

  Daniel Ellsberg

  War, Feelings, Nuclear

  "Hiroshima Day: America Has Been Asleep at the Wheel for 64 Years" by Daniel Ellsberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2009.

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• It is urgent to prevent new U.S. aggression. The time is now for the world to say 'no' to U.S. threats of air attack against Iran, and to the very notion of a nuclear first-use 'option' by America or any other nation.

  Daniel Ellsberg

  Air, Iran, America

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• I agree that there are things that should be kept secret.

  Daniel Ellsberg

  Secret, Kept Secrets, Should

  "Julian Assange & Daniel Ellsberg on Wikileaks". "Larry King Live", www.realclearpolitics.com. July 26, 2010.

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• Those of us who finally saw through the Vietnam war saw through this war, and all the actions that were necessary to end the Vietnam war will be necessary here. I think the American people will get us out of this war.

  Daniel Ellsberg

  War, Thinking, People

  "War Protesters Arrested Near Bush Ranch", www.foxnews.com. November 23, 2005.

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• I found draft resistors very conscientious, reasonable, and not fanatics.

  Daniel Ellsberg

  Found, Reasonable, Fanatics

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• 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.

  Daniel Ellsberg

  Men, Hands, Choices

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• Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress.

  Daniel Ellsberg

  War, Hero, Giving

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• There are some things that should not be leaked without authorization.

  Daniel Ellsberg

  Should

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• My activities, for which I gratefully accept this Award, are today what they have been for over thirty-five years and will be for the rest of my life: to counter governmental secrecy about the nuclear arms race that threatens the survival of life on earth; and to help build a world movement that will prevent a first use since Nagasaki of nuclear explosions, prevent or end interventions that could lead to such an event, and bring about a world free of nuclear weapons.

  Daniel Ellsberg

  Awards, Race, Years

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• I voted for Obama and I will probably vote for him again, as opposed to the Republicans. But I believe his administration in some key aspects is nothing other than the third term of the Bush administration.

  Daniel Ellsberg

  Believe, Vote, Republican

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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