The aim of Wikileaks is to achieve just reform around the world and do it through the mechanism of transparency.
Julian AssangePeople love WikiLeaks when it is exposing corruption in their opponents. People oppose WikiLeaks when it is exposing corruption or dangerous behavior in themselves.
Julian AssangeThe Iraq War was the biggest issue for people of my generation in the West. It was also the clearest case, in my living memory, of media manipulation and the creation of a war through ignorance.
Julian AssangeSweden 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 AssangeEvery time you go to a party and take a picture and post that picture to Facebook, you're being a rat. You're being a narc.
Julian AssangeWell, 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...
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