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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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Julian Assange
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: July 3
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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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The Obama administration has attempted to prosecute more journalists and journalistic sources under the same Espionage Act she was being investigated under in all previous presidencies combined.
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There are the Podesta emails we've been publishing. [John] Podesta is Hillary Clinton's primary campaign manager, so there's a thread that runs through all these emails there are quite a lot of pay-for-play, as they call it, giving access in exchange for money to states, individuals and corporations.
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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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The US presidency will continue to represent the major power groups of the United States - big business and the military - regardless of who the talking head is.
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So when Putin goes out to buy a Coke, thirty seconds later it is known in Washington DC.
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Where they couldn't pick holes in our arguments they would drive horses and carriages through my character.
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Libya, more than anyone else's war, was Hillary Clinton's war. Barak Obama initially opposed it. Who was the person championing it? Hillary Clinton. That's documented throughout her emails.
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WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical.
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That is vaguely conspiratorial, in a networking sense. We have published their meeting notes.
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