Julian Assange Quotes

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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.

  Julian Assange

  Love, Courage, Character

  "Witnessing". Selected Correspondence, Julian Assange's old blog, IQ.org (via Archive.org), web.archive.org. January 3, 2007.

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• If wars can be started by lies, they can be stopped by truth.

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  War, Lying, Bad Ass

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• What are the differences between Mark Zuckerberg and me? I give private information on corporations to you for free, and I'm a villain. Zuckerberg gives your private information to corporations for money and he’s Man of the Year.

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  Money, Men, Years

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• Every War in the past 50 Years is a Result of Media Lies

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  War, Lying, Past

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• What does censorship reveal? It reveals fear.

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  Doe, Wikileaks, Censorship

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• One of the best ways to achieve justice is to expose injustice.

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  Justice, Way, Achieve

  "Julian Assange tells SXSW audience: 'NSA has grown to be a rogue agency'" by Stuart Dredge, www.theguardian.com. March 8, 2014.

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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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  Lying, Ignorance, Decision

  "Julian Assange, monk of the online age who thrives on intellectual battle". Interview with Carole Cadwalladr, www.theguardian.com. July 31, 2010.

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• The internet, our greatest tool of emancipation, has been transformed into the most dangerous facilitator of totalitarianism we have ever seen. The internet is a threat to human civilization.

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  Civilization, Tools, Internet

  "Cypherpunks: Freedom And The Future Of The Internet". Book by Julian Assange, www.theguardian.com. 2012.

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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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  Over You, Ignorant, Rulers

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• If we are to produce a more civilized society, a more just society, it has to be based on the truth.

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  Produce, Civilized Society, Civilized

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• We all only live once. So we are obligated to make good use of the time that we have and to do something that is meaningful and satisfying. This is something that I find meaningful and satisfying... I enjoy helping people who are vulnerable. And I enjoy crushing bastards.

  Julian Assange

  Crush, Meaningful, People

  "WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange on the 'War Logs': 'I Enjoy Crushing Bastards'". Interview to Spiegel, www.commondreams.org. July 26, 2010.

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• Cryptography is the ultimate form of non-violent direct action.

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  Direct Action, Cryptography, Violent

  "Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet". Book by Julian Assange, November 2012.

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• There is nothing new in this world other than the history that you don't know yet.

  Julian Assange

  World, This World, Knows

  "Inside WikiLeaks". Interview with Mark Davis, www.sbs.com.au. August 1, 2010.

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• Censorship is always cause for celebration. It is always an opportunity because it reveals fear of reform. It means that the power position is so weak that you have got to care what people think.

  Julian Assange

  Mean, Opportunity, Thinking

  "'When Google Met WikiLeaks': An Exclusive Excerpt". Interview with Scott Malcomson, www.truthdig.com. October 30, 2014.

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• Those who are repeatedly passive in the face of injustice soon find their character corroded.

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  Character, Faces, Injustice

  "Julian Assange: 'His philosophy keeps evolving'" by Charles Arthur, www.theguardian.com. December 14, 2010.

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• Dont shoot the messenger for revealing uncomfortable truths.

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  Messengers, Revealing, Uncomfortable

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• Facebook in particular is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented.

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  Machines, Particular

  "WikiLeaks revelations only tip of iceberg - Assange". Interview with Laura Emmett, www.rt.com. May 2, 2011.

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• Power is a thing of perception. They don't need to be able to kill you. They just need you to think they are able to kill you

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  Thinking, Perception, Needs

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• If we can only live once, let it be a daring adventure.

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  Adventure, Daring, Ifs

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• Which country is suffering from too much freedom of speech? Name it, is there one?

  Julian Assange

  Country, Names, Freedom Of Speech

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• It is impossible to correct abuses unless we know that theyre going on.

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  Abuse, Domestic Violence, Wikileaks

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• One of the best attributes of human beings is that they're adaptable; one of the worst attributes of human beings is they are adaptable. They adapt and start to tolerate abuses, they adapt to being involved themselves in abuses, they adapt to adversity and they continue on.

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  Adversity, Abuse, Attributes

  Source: www.zerohedge.com

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• If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

  Julian Assange

  Media, Journalism, Controversial

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The only way to keep a secret is to never have one.

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  Secret, Way

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• Every time we witness an act that we feel to be unjust and do not act, we become a party to injustice.

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  Party, Unjust, Injustice

  "Julian Assange: 'His philosophy keeps evolving'" by Charles Arthur, www.theguardian.com. December 14, 2010.

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