I think it's always good for a band to try and grow.
I can only ask of those who care about me and the issues in my case to support me and spread the word about what is going on.
I wanted the American public to know that not everyone in Iraq and Afghanistan were targets that needed to be neutralized, but rather people who were struggling to live in the pressure cooker environment of what we call asymmetric warfare.
I want people to see the truth. . . regardless of who they are. . . because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a public.
I think we can achieve meaningful change, but only if we demand that the institutions themselves change their behavior.
I prefer a painful truth over any blissful fantasy.
I regret if my actions hurt anyone or harmed the United States. It was never my intent to hurt anyone. When I chose to disclose classified information, I did so out of a love for my country and a sense of duty to others.
Donald [Trump], you're not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. That's not going to happen.
I don't intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.
But Buddy was an upper. He was happy. He loved music, and he was really happy. I don't know. . . I don't believe in reincarnation at all, but if all that stuff is true, then he might have been on his last time around.
Day just smiles at me, an expression so sad that it breaks through my numbness, and I begin to cry. Those bright blue eyes. Before me is the boy who has bandaged my wounds on the streets of Lake, who has guarded his family with every bone in his body, who has stayed by my side in spite of everything, the boy of light and laughter and life, of grief and fury and passion, the boy whose fate is intertwined with mine, forever and always. "I love you," he whispers. "Can you stay awhile?