“Having been dumped so many times in my life, I thought I could sympathize with Bellas character.” Quote by Chris Weitz
“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.” WorldSelfPoliticalImaginationSawsGrowingMilitaryInformationAmountEconomicsComplexesRateCensorshipPublishingCollectingMilitary Industrial ComplexSelf Censorship Author:Julian Assange
“The penetration of society by the Internet and the penetration of the Internet by society is the best thing that has ever happened to global human civilisation.” HumansHappenedInternetBest ThingsCivilisationPenetration Author:Julian Assange
“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.” GivingHouseHoursLibertyPeriodsAdultsLegsHouse Arrest Author:Julian Assange
“The sun is the most parallel light source because it is so far away.” LightSunSourceFar AwayParallels Author:Conrad Hall
“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.” PeopleWarMemoriesCasesIssuesGenerationsMediaCreationIgnoranceWestIraqManipulationMy GenerationIraq WarMedia ManipulationInvading Iraq Author:Julian Assange
“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.” StatesBuildingInternetEssentialsArmyIndependenceBlockOrganisationBuilding BlocksCryptography Author:Julian Assange
“You can't do anything sensible until you know what the situation is that you're in.” KnowsSituationSensible Author:Julian Assange
“I found in investigative journalism it is always best, if you have any language skills, not to admit them.” IfsFoundLanguageSkillsJournalismInvestigative JournalismLanguage Skills Author:Julian Assange
“Knowledge has always flowed upwards to bishops and kings, not down to serfs and slaves.” KingsSlaveBishopsSerfs Author:Julian Assange