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Julian Assange

Australian Activist

Born: Jul 3, 1971

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The Iraq War was the biggest issue for people of my generation in the West. It was also the clearest case, in my living memory, of media manipulation and the creation of a war through ignorance. Julian Assange

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To keep a person ignorant is to place them in a cage. Julian Assange

Cage Person Place Them Ignorant Keep

It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a bad reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a good thing to engage in. Julian Assange

Good Believe Bad See Good Thing Take Taken Journalism Powerful Reaction Always Role Controversy Engage Thing

Knowledge has always flowed upwards to bishops and kings, not down to serfs and slaves. Julian Assange

Knowledge Down Bishops Kings Always Upwards Slaves

Journalism should be more like science. As far as possible, facts should be verifiable. If journalists want long-term credibility for their profession, they have to go in that direction. Have more respect for readers. Julian Assange

Respect Science Possible Direction More Facts Journalism Journalists Long-Term Like Readers Verifiable Go Want As Far As Far Should Profession Credibility

The greater the power, the more need there is for transparency, because if the power is abused, the result can be so enormous. On the other hand, those people who do not have power, we mustn't reduce their power even more by making them yet more transparent. Julian Assange

People Result Power Enormous Other Those More Abuse Greater Because Making Reduce Hand Them Transparency Transparent Who Even Need

I saw that publishing all over the world was deeply constrained by self-censorship, economics and political censorship, while the military-industrial complex was growing at a tremendous rate, and the amount of information that it was collecting about all of us vastly exceeded the public imagination. Julian Assange

World Political Censorship Economics Imagination Tremendous Saw Complex Collecting About Rate Constrained Exceeded Vastly Self-Censorship Over Information While Public Us Growing Military-Industrial Deeply Publishing Amount

WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical. Julian Assange

Capitalism Free Wikileaks More Make Ethical Designed

True information does good. Julian Assange

Good True Does Information

In the history of Wikileaks, nobody has claimed that the material being put out is not authentic. Julian Assange

History Wikileaks Claimed Out Put Nobody Material Authentic The History Of Being

It raises questions about the natural instincts of Clinton that, when confronted with a serious domestic political scandal, she tries to blame the Russians, blame the Chinese, et cetera. Julian Assange

Blame Natural Political Scandal Tries About Russians Instincts She Clinton Domestic Questions Chinese Confronted Serious Raises

Whistleblowers often take very significant efforts to bring us material and often at very significant risks. Julian Assange

Risks Significant Take Material Very Efforts Often Us Bring

What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend to shape our perceptions of how war should and should not be conducted? Can it shape our perceptions of who should be conducting war and in what manner? And the answer to that is a clear yes. Julian Assange

Life War Quality Benefit Our Possible Perceptions Tend Shape Clear Quality Of Life Answer How Material Iraq Yes Conducting Improve Manner Should Who Lives Save

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature. Julian Assange

Good Nature Journalism Controversial

Cryptography is the essential building block of independence for organisations on the Internet, just like armies are the essential building blocks of states, because otherwise one state just takes over another. Julian Assange

Democratic societies need a strong media, and WikiLeaks is part of that media. Julian Assange

Strong Wikileaks Part Democratic Democratic Societies Media Societies Need

When Enron collapsed, through court processes, thousands and thousands of emails came out that were internal, and it provided a window into how the whole company was managed. It was all the little decisions that supported the flagrant violations. Julian Assange

It's interesting that Swiss banks also hide their assets from the Swiss by using offshore bank structuring. Julian Assange

Hide Also Offshore Bank Banks Interesting Using Swiss Assets

In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources safe, we have had to spread assets, encrypt everything, and move telecommunications and people around the world to activate protective laws in different national jurisdictions. Julian Assange

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These big-package releases. There should be a cute name for them. Julian Assange

Cute Release Name Them Should

Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform. Julian Assange

Action Wikileaks Leading Reform Maximize Just Information Mechanism Amount Flow

I'm not a big fan of regulation: anyone who likes freedom of the press can't be. Julian Assange

Freedom Big Press Likes Big Fan Anyone Fan Regulation Who

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