Bradley Manning Quotes:

Army Specialist Bradley Manning deserves a medal, not prison.

- Michael Moore

source: "An Open Letter to President Obama" by Michael Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 19, 2012.

topic: Army, Prison, Bradley Manning

Bradley Manning is an American hero.

- Bianca Jagger

topic: Hero, Bradley Manning, American Hero

In the end, the Obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are stateless, imprisoned or powerless. No, the Obama administration is afraid of you. It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.

- Edward Snowden

source: "Edward Snowden: Obama guilty of deceit over extradition" by Dan Roberts, Rory Carroll, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2013.

topic: Government, Whistleblowers, Administration, Constitutional Government, Bradley Manning

Bradley Manning should be regarded as a hero. He is doing what an honest, decent citizen should be doing: letting your population know what the government, the people who rule you are doing. They want to keep it secret of course.

- Noam Chomsky

source: Source: www.truth-out.org

topic: Hero, Government, People, Bradley Manning

Power has to be protected from scrutiny. That's the principle of every dictatorship, of every autocracy. You hear it from high priests at Harvard and every government department, that power has to be kept secret otherwise it will fade and it won't work. But Bradley Manning is violating that principle.

- Noam Chomsky

source: Source: www.truth-out.org

topic: Government, Secret, Principles, Kept Secrets, Autocracy

Those of us who believe in human rights and the truth - particularly the journalists and the media - should stand in defense of Julian Assange and Bradley Manning. We owe them a lot for telling us the truth of what is happening in our world, and that is why I would continue to support them.

- Mairead Corrigan

source: Source: www.progressive.org

topic: Believe, Media, Rights, Assange, Bradley Manning

I think Assange has been very courageous. I've also defended Bradley Manning. I think they've been tremendously courageous in telling the truth, and the public has the right to the truth.

- Mairead Corrigan

source: Source: www.progressive.org

topic: Thinking, Courageous, Telling The Truth, Assange, Bradley Manning

I am also full of admiration for Chelsea Manning [formerly PFC Bradley Manning]. Regardless of which side of the argument you're on, he stood up for something he felt wasn't right. That was an extraordinarily brave thing to do, and I think he was unfairly punished for it. It's a really big deal what he did, and he did it for the betterment of all us, including the soldiers on the ground, as well as the civilians caught up in those conflicts.

- Benedict Cumberbatch

source: "“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Interview with Kam Williams". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. December 10, 2013.

topic: Thinking, Brave, Soldier, Chelsea, Bradley Manning

My view of Bradley Manning is that he's a very courageous young man who... did what I didn't have the guts to do during the Vietnam war.

- Ray McGovern

topic: War, Men, Views, Bradley Manning

If Bradley Manning was the person who copied the secret US diplomatic cables to WikilLeaks, he is a hero for exposing human rights abuses.

- Peter Tatchell

topic: Hero, Rights, Abuse, Bradley Manning

It is a privilege to join the campaign to support Bradley Manning for his courage and integrity in serving his country by helping make the government accountable to its citizens, and to inform the world of what its people should know.

- Noam Chomsky

topic: Country, Integrity, Government, Bradley Manning

I have another name for what they're terming whistleblowers, and that's righteous heroes. From Bradley Manning to Snowden. They're people of conscience who are unwilling to turn a blind eye to the crimes of our government. And thank goodness for them.

- Tom Morello

topic: Hero, Eye, Government, Whistleblowers, Blind Eyes

While President Obama was starting and expanding unconstitutiona l wars overseas, Bradley Manning, whose actions have caused exactly zero deaths, was shining light on the truth behind these wars.

- Ron Paul

topic: Zero, War, Light, Bradley Manning, Shining Light

And if Bradley Manning really did as he is accused, he is a hero, an example to us all and one of the world's foremost political prisoners.

- Julian Assange

source: Official Statement by Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy, www.wikileaks.org. August 19, 2012.

topic: Hero, Political, World, Political Prisoners, Bradley Manning