Quotes About The Pentagon Papers

#1. I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the The New York Times and The Washington Post that they obtained from a secret study of how we got involved in the war in Vietnam - that is probably the most important case.

Floyd Abrams

#2. In the Pentagon Papers case, the government asserted in the Supreme Court that the publication of the material was a threat to national security. It turned out it was not a threat to U.S. security. But even if it had been, that doesn't mean that it couldn't be published.

Alan Dershowitz

#3. EVERY attack now made on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange was made against me and the release of the Pentagon Papers at the time.

Daniel Ellsberg

#4. In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material, and that definitely includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago.

Daniel Ellsberg

#5. There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year.

Daniel Ellsberg

#6. There is no plausible theory under which the record of the Pentagon Papers can be interpreted as relating to the national defense.

Noam Chomsky

#7. The Pentagon Papers case stands today as a barrier to silence by official edict.

Anthony Lewis

#8. You shouldn't just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend.

Sue Wicks

#9. To be pure in heart is to take no delight in cunning, but converse sincerely with men, and express nothing, by word or look, which is not felt in the heart.

John Calvin

#10. When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today.

Anthony De Mello

#11. I've been dating younger men since my 20s, When I was 29, I dated someone 21 ... younger men are just more fun. I like their energy. I've always been kind of young for my age.

Dana Delany

#12. The Word of Wisdom does not promise you perfect health, but it teaches how to keep the body you were born with in the best condition and your mind alert to delicate spiritual promptings.

Boyd K. Packer

#13. My goal is to get on the national team. People joke that we'll be able to go to Beijing in 2008, but it's just jokes right now. Hopefully I'll be able to make it a reality.

Lindsay Thompson

#14. Salesmanship is limitless. Our very living is selling. We are all salespeople.

James Cash Penney

#15. To feel more fulfilled your actions and activities need to be in alignment with what you deem important.

Deborah Day

#16. Maybe some poor slob would take you to bed if you weren't such a ballbuster.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#17. When my eyes meet his gaze as we're sitting here staring at each other, time stops. Those eyes are piercing mine, and I can swear at this moment he senses the real me. The one without the attitude, without the facade[ ... ]

Simone Elkeles

#18. I appeal to all Britishers to answer this call to arms for the defence of all the principles that we Englishmen have been the first to proclaim in the world.

John Amery

#19. Mother, I spoke to the duke. He understands that this is not a formal meal. And he specifically told me that he was looking forward to a change of pace. He has no family himself, so he has never experienced anything like a Bridgerton family dinner." "God help us." Violet's face went utterly pale.

Julia Quinn

#20. If we are lucky enough to have good leaders at the top, change will happen quickly. Unfortunately,

Chetan Bhagat

#21. Birth is painful and delightful. Death is painful and delightful. Everything that ends is also the beginning of something else. Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward. Inspiration

Pema Chodron

#22. I didn't go to high school. I think that after you learn to read and write and do your numbers and flush the toilet behind yourself, you don't need no more schoolin'. You need to get out in the water and swim.

Wilford Brimley