We need the courage to face the truth about what we are doing in the world and act responsibly to change it.

The fact is that when it comes to judgment as to what should be secret and what should not be secret, Julian Assange's judgment has been pretty good so far.

I found draft resistors very conscientious, reasonable, and not fanatics.

There are some things that should not be leaked without authorization.

It's true that most people find it far more comfortable to trust an authority than to have their faith questioned.

There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year.

My activities, for which I gratefully accept this Award, are today what they have been for over thirty-five years and will be for the rest of my life: to counter governmental secrecy about the nuclear arms race that threatens the survival of life on earth; and to help build a world movement that will prevent a first use since Nagasaki of nuclear explosions, prevent or end interventions that could lead to such an event, and bring about a world free of nuclear weapons.