Most Dangerous Quotes

“They were willing to send men and women to death to avoid being called losers.”
― Steve Sheinkin, Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War

“The security of the nation is not at the ramparts alone," the judge [Murray Gurfein] wrote in a passage that has been quoted ever since. "Security also lies in the value of our free institutions. A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, an ubiquitous press must be suffered by those in authority in order to preserve the even greater values of freedom of expression and the right of the people to know.”
― Steve Sheinkin, Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War

“The security of the nation is not at the ramparts alone,” the judge wrote in a passage that has been quoted ever since. “Security also lies in the value of our free institutions. A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, an ubiquitous press must be suffered by those in authority in order to preserve the even greater values of freedom of expression and the right of the people to know.”
― Steve Sheinkin, Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War

“Let us all understand that the question before us is not whether some Americans are for peace and some are against peace...The great question is: How can we win America's peace?

—Richard Nixon”
― Steve Sheinkin, Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War