I want people to see the truth.

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.

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.

It can be so difficult to get people to think about systemic institutional problems. It is easier just to see the actions of one or two people and say, "That's wrong!"

Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.

These 'Sports Illustrated' people, they know how to hold a secret.

It's my singing that allows me to stand apart.

They change. They're different. There are no two alike, that's the miracle of it. But if they have something to teach the students. You can see them writing during the show.

Theodore Roosevelt is a natural choice for leadership education. Along with many other observers, I believe he was among the greatest of leaders to serve as president.

Confusing a targeted audience is one of the necessary ingredients for effective mind control.

Try to be inspired by something every day. Try to inspire at least one person every day.

When somebody like Elvis Costello comes along, anybody can make a good record with him.

At first Babel longed for the use of just two words: Yes and No. But he knew that just to utter a single word would be to destroy the delicate fluency of silence.

One of the hardest things a person who is new to the way of business thinking has to go through is the countless number of people who will say to you: "You can't do that.