“You can't publish a paper on physics without the full experimental data and results; that should be the standard in journalism.” ShouldResultsPaperStandardsPhysicsJournalismDataPublish Author:Julian Assange
“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.” PeopleIfsNeedsHandsResultsGreaterEnormousTransparentTransparency Author:Julian Assange
“I always believed that WikiLeaks as a concept would perform a global role, and to some degree it was clear that it was doing that as far back as 2007 when it changed the result of the Kenyan general election.” ResultsRolesClearChangedDegreesConceptsElectionAlways BelieveWikileaksGeneral Elections Author:Julian Assange
“Let us not compare Edward Snowden's situation with that of Chelsea Manning or Jeremy Hammond, who is also imprisoned in the United States. As a result of WikiLeaks' hard work, Edward Snowden has political asylum, has travel documents, lives with his girlfriend, goes to the ballet and earns substantial speaking fees. Edward Snowden is essentially free and happy. That is no coincidence. It was my strategy to undo the chilling effect of the 35 year Manning sentence and it has worked.” YearsHardStatesPoliticalUnitedResultsSituationUnited StatesEffectsHard WorkStrategySentencesCompareGirlfriendBalletDocumentsCoincidenceChillFeesAsylumsChelseaWikileaksSnowden Author:Julian Assange
“I actually feel quite sorry for Hillary Clinton as a person because I see someone who is eaten alive by their ambitions, tormented literally to the point where they become sick; they faint as a result of [the reaction] to their ambitions.” FeelsPersonsResultsAliveAmbitionSickClintonSorryReactions Author:Julian Assange
“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.” PeopleCountryStatesAbleResultsMovementArmsFlowSyriaLibyaFleeing Author:Julian Assange
“I made an asylum application to Ecuador in this embassy, because of the U.S. extradition case, and the result was that after a month, I was successful in my asylum application. The embassy since then has been surrounded by police: quite an expensive police operation which the British government admits to spending more than £12.6 million.” Has BeensMadeGovernmentResultsMillionsCasesSuccessfulMonthsPoliceBritishSpendingOperationsExpensiveApplicationAsylumsEmbassyEcuadorBritish Government Author:Julian Assange
“That was a brave and principled thing for Ecuador to do [give me asylum application]. Now we have the U.S. election [campaign], the Ecuadorian election is in February next year, and you have the White House feeling the political heat as a result of the true information that we have been publishing.” GivingYearsHas BeensFeelingsPoliticalNextHouseWhiteResultsInformationGive MeElectionBraveCampaignsHeatWhite HouseApplicationPublishingNext YearAsylumsFebruaryPrincipledEcuador Author:Julian Assange
“As editor of WikiLeaks, I am very proud of three things. Number one, we have never got it wrong in terms of what we say. A document is what it is. Number two, we have never revealed one of our sources ever. Number three, what are we proud of? We are proud that there is not a single instance of anyone coming into physical harm as a result of our publication.” TwoThreeTermResultsNumbersSourceProudHarmInstanceEditorsDocumentsThree ThingsPublicationWikileaksNumber Three Author:Julian Assange
“It really is my opinion that media in general are so bad that we have to question whether the world wouldn't be better off without them altogether. They are so distortive to how the world actually is that the result is.. we see wars, and we see corrupt governments continue on.” WorldWarGovernmentLyingResultsOpinionMediaBetter OffCorrupt Government Author:Julian Assange
“One of the hopeful things that I've discovered is that nearly every war that has started in the past 50 years has been a result of media lies. The media could've stopped it if they had searched deep enough; if they hadn't reprinted government propaganda they could've stopped it.” IfsYearsHas BeensWarEnoughGovernmentPastLyingResultsMediaPropagandaHopeful Author:Julian Assange
“Every War in the past 50 Years is a Result of Media Lies” YearsWarPastLyingResultsMedia Author:Julian Assange
