I am merely asking for a first chance to live my life outside the [U.S. Disciplinary Barracks] as the person I was born to be.

I want people to see the truth... regardless of who they are... because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a public.

I prefer a painful truth over any blissful fantasy.

I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible.

Sometimes You Have to Pay a Heavy Price to Live in a Free Society

I think we can achieve meaningful change, but only if we demand that the institutions themselves change their behavior.

Even if I didn't have the support that I have, I would still be fighting the same fights, and I would still be the same person that I am today.

There is far more to transitioning in the public eye than money, public relations, and logistics.

I want people to see the truth.

Anxiety, depression, and suicide don't discriminate based on how much money you have - though it might make it easier for you to get help.

I don't think that I'm embracing any kind of leadership for transparency or trans advocacy.

Time is the most valuable resources.

I am sure that music was never meant to sound this harsh, this painful.

Once I make a decision, I stick to it.

The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state.

Continents may break up, continents may emerge, but the human race is immortal in its origin and in its growth, and there is nothing to be afraid of, even if the foundations of the earth be moved.

How could I go on my travels without that sweet soul waiting at home for my letters?

Where could I go but to the Lord?

My thoughts, I guess, are bitter; who but the bitter have thoughts?

All data are filtered, observation is necessarily 'theory-laden'.

After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that important.