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During the period of house arrest, I had an electronic manacle around my leg for 24 hours a day, and for someone who has tried to give others liberty all their adult life, that is absolutely intolerable.

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Julian Assange
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: July 3
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My motivation for 20 years, for 10 years with WikiLeaks, has been to publish true information that is otherwise unsayable. So we're not in competition, if you like.
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I'm not a big fan of regulation: anyone who likes freedom of the press can't be.
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Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence and thereby eventually lose all ability to defend ourselves and those we love.
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Email says that no, it is the governments of Saudi and Qatar that have been funding ISIS.
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That is vaguely conspiratorial, in a networking sense. We have published their meeting notes.
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