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This movement is not about the destruction of law, but the construction of law.

Julian Assange

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Julian Assange
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: July 3
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Not only did you have people fleeing Libya, people fleeing Syria, the destabilisation of other African countries as a result of arms flows, but the Libyan state itself err was no longer able to control the movement of people through it.
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Has WikiLeaks been forced to do one thing rather than another in response to resource constraints? Yes. Constantly.
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It is impossible to correct abuses unless we know that theyre going on.
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It is getting to the point where the mark of international distinction and service to humanity is no longer the Nobel Peace Price, but an espionage indictment from the US Department of Justice.
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You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.
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As we've gotten more successful, there's a gap between the speed of our publishing pipeline and the speed of our receiving submissions pipeline. Our pipeline of leaks has been increasing exponentially as our profile rises, and our ability to publish is increasing linearly.
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We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us, but we're presumably acting in such a way that people feel morally compelled to continue our mission, not to screw it up.
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You can either be informed and your own rulers, or you can be ignorant and have someone else, who is not ignorant, rule over you.
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I don't like the word transparency cold dead glass is transparent. I prefer education or understanding, which are more human.
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A lot of people who work for WikiLeaks have the same instinct as me: If you are pushed you push back.
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We have published about 800,000 documents of various kinds that relate to Russia. Most of those are critical and a great many books have come out of our publications about Russia, most of which are critical.
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I coauthored my first nonfiction book by the time I was 25. I have been involved in nonfiction documentaries, newspapers, TV and internet since that time.
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WikiLeaks is really a litmus test for those people who walk the talk in the media. How much will they really follow their protestations to be brave publishers, and how much do they really want to lick the boots of power? Well, you can tell by their engagement with us and what they do.
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Hillary Clinton represents a whole network of people and a network of relationships with particular states.
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We have some material on spying by a major government on the tech industry. Industrial espionage.
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You can't do anything sensible until you know what the situation is that you're in.
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And if Bradley Manning really did as he is accused, he is a hero, an example to us all and one of the world's foremost political prisoners.
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People love WikiLeaks when it is exposing corruption in their opponents. People oppose WikiLeaks when it is exposing corruption or dangerous behavior in themselves.
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Which country is suffering from too much freedom of speech? Name it, is there one?
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Well, there's a question as to what sort of information is important in the world, what sort of information can achieve reform. And there's a lot of information. So information that organizations are spending economic effort into concealing, that's a really good signal that when the information gets out, there's a hope of it doing some good...
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