I don't believe that Freedom of Information laws, which have arbitrary time periods or broad blanket exemptions, meet the level of transparency that society needs today.

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.

I don't want to hurt i will not hurt. don't hurt me.Its is really easy to hurt somebody but make her feel unique feel special feel alive this worth more then any of the richness in the world.

Fear, doubt, and lack are things we must talk about to emerge as associations that thrive for years to come.

A farm is like a very large and extended baby. It takes a great deal of time and very little mentality.

Everyone is calm and collected but I am telling you something - I am not calm and I am not collected. It's a sick world out there.

But I benefit from the taxes I pay because I know how to access the benefits of the taxes.

That's the strange thing about being a mother: until you have a baby, you don't even realize how much you were missing one

Autumn ripens in the summer's ray.

There is nothing better than getting something in front of an audience in a less stressful setting than previews!

Any actor who tells you that he makes choices, absolutely, is wrong. You find work and work finds you.