Julian Assange Quotes

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

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.

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.

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

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

What does censorship reveal? It reveals fear.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

I'm constantly annoyed that people are distracted by false conspiracies such as 9/11, when all around we provide evidence of real conspiracies, for war or mass financial fraud.

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

Dont shoot the messenger for revealing uncomfortable truths.

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.

Media is a big problem around the world, it's powerful and can abuse its power.

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

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

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

It is getting to the point where the mark of international distinction and service to humanity is no longer the Nobel Peace Price, but an espionage indictment from the US Department of Justice.

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

The attack on the truth by war begins long before war starts and continues long after a war ends.

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

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

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