If you look at the history of the FBI, it has become effectively America's political police. Julian Assange More Quotes by Julian Assange More Quotes From Julian Assange Sweden formally writing back to the United Nations to say, 'No, we're not going to [recognise the UN ruling], so leaving open their ability to extradite. Julian Assange swedenleavingwriting This movement is not about the destruction of law, but the construction of law. Julian Assange constructionmovementlaw The goal is justice, the method? is transparency. It's important not to confuse the goal and the method. Julian Assange importantgoaljustice My motivation for 20 years, for 10 years with WikiLeaks, has been to publish true information that is otherwise unsayable. So we're not in competition, if you like. Julian Assange competitionmotivationyears I mean, there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between China and the United States. Which way is it going to go? It's hard to see. Julian Assange freedom-of-speechmeanworld If you were following the [Barack] Obama campaign back then, closely, you could see it had become very close to banking interests. So I think you can't properly understand Hillary Clinton's foreign policy without understanding Saudi Arabia. Julian Assange campaignsunderstandingthinking WikiLeaks is really a litmus test for those people who walk the talk in the media. How much will they really follow their protestations to be brave publishers, and how much do they really want to lick the boots of power? Well, you can tell by their engagement with us and what they do. Julian Assange mediabravepeople We released 400,000 classified documents, the most extraordinary history of a war to ever have been released in our civilization. Those documents cover 109,000 deaths. That is serious matter. Julian Assange seriouswarcivilization As we have seen, WikiLeaks is a robust organization. During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a Victorian prison, we continue to release, our media partners continued to write stories. The important revelations from this material continue to come out. We have approximately 2,000 cables into 250,000. Julian Assange mediaorganizationwriting Liberal papers are not necessarily liberal. Julian Assange paperspaper Hillary Clinton represents a whole network of people and a network of relationships with particular states. Julian Assange clintonstatespeople 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. Julian Assange actingpeopleway We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure the material is not likely to harm anyone, that it is properly investigated by quality news organizations, and by lawyers and human rights groups and so on. Julian Assange effortorganizationrights I'm thinking of when the Qatari representative was given five minutes with Bill Clinton for a million dollar cheque. Julian Assange dollarsbillsthinking 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. Julian Assange playrunninggiving The aim of Wikileaks is to achieve just reform around the world and do it through the mechanism of transparency. Julian Assange wikileaksreformworld Through the confessional system the Catholic church spied upon the lives of its congregants. While Latin mass excluded most people who could not speak Latin from an understanding of the very system of thought that bound them. Julian Assange catholiclatinpeople Why is it that govt employees makes the best spouses? Because afterthey come back from work, they are not tired and they already readthe newspapers. Julian Assange tirednewspaperspolitics Well, there's a question as to what sort of information is important in the world, what sort of information can achieve reform. And there's a lot of information. So information that organizations are spending economic effort into concealing, that's a really good signal that when the information gets out, there's a hope of it doing some good... Julian Assange effortimportantorganization The supply of leaks is very large. It's helpful for us to have more people in this industry. It's protective to us. Julian Assange leakshelpfulpeople
