I enjoy helping people who are vulnerable. Julian Assange More Quotes by Julian Assange More Quotes From Julian Assange If we are to produce a more civilized society, a more just society, it has to be based on the truth. Julian Assange civilized-societycivilizedproduce That's a problem. I mean, like any sort of growing startup organization, we are sort of overwhelmed by our growth, and that means we're getting enormous quantity of whistleblower disclosures of a very high caliber but don't have enough people to actually process and vet this information. Julian Assange enormous-quantitiesorganizationmean Hillary Clinton the centraliser that inter-connects all these different cogs. Julian Assange cogsclintondifferent 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. Julian Assange sickambitionsorry The question is how does Hilary Clinton fit in this broader network? She's a centralising cog. You've got a lot of different gears in operation from the big banks like Goldman Sachs and major elements of Wall Street, and Intelligence and people in the State Department and the Saudis. Julian Assange walldoepeople I enjoy crushing bastards. So it is enjoyable work. Julian Assange enjoyablecrushenjoy WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical. Julian Assange ethicalcapitalismwikileaks Here we have a case, the Swedish case, where I have never been charged with a crime, where I have already been cleared [by the Stockholm prosecutor] and found to be innocent, where the woman herself said that the police made it up, where the United Nations formally said the whole thing is illegal, where the State of Ecuador also investigated and found that I should be given asylum. Those are the facts, but what is the rhetoric? Julian Assange ecuadorpoliceasylums Seeing ongoing political reforms that have a real impact on people all over the world is extremely satisfying. But we want every person who's having a dispute with their kindergarten to feel confident about sending us material. Julian Assange impactrealpeople The rhetoric is pretending, constantly pretending that I have been charged with a crime, and never mentioning that I have been already previously cleared, never mentioning that the woman herself says that the police made it up. Julian Assange pretendingcrimepolice [The rhetoric] is trying to avoid [the truth that ] the U.N. formally found that the whole thing is illegal, never even mentioning that Ecuador made a formal assessment through its formal processes and found that yes, I am subject to persecution by the United States. Julian Assange assessmentunited-statestrying True information does good. Julian Assange informationdoe WikiLeaks has been a very strong proponent of the Freedom of Information Act. This is probably, actually, if you think about it, probably against our interests as - as a publisher. But we believe that people have the right to know true information about what their government is doing. Julian Assange strongbelievethinking I would be happy to accept asylum, political asylum, in India — a nation I love. In return, I will bring Mayawati a range of the finest British footwear. Julian Assange returnpoliticalasylums Transparency in government leads to reduced corruption. Julian Assange transparencycorruptiongovernment In the history of Wikileaks, nobody has claimed that the material being put out is not authentic. Julian Assange wikileaksmaterials We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization, format it - which is sometimes something that's quite hard to do, when you're talking about giant databases of information - release it to the public and then defend ourselves against the inevitable legal and political attacks. Julian Assange politicalorganizationtalking Even the U.S. government agrees that some Saudi figures have been supporting ISIL, or ISIS. Julian Assange isilisisgovernment Email says that no, it is the governments of Saudi and Qatar that have been funding ISIS. Julian Assange qatarisisgovernment It's interesting that Swiss banks also hide their assets from the Swiss by using offshore bank structuring. Julian Assange swissassetsinteresting
