Knowledge has always flowed upwards to bishops and kings, not down to serfs and slaves.
Julian AssangeWhen Enron collapsed, through court processes, thousands and thousands of emails came out that were internal, and it provided a window into how the whole company was managed. It was all the little decisions that supported the flagrant violations.
Julian AssangeI'm thinking of when the Qatari representative was given five minutes with Bill Clinton for a million dollar cheque.
Julian AssangeThe greater the power, the more need there is for transparency, because if the power is abused, the result can be so enormous. On the other hand, those people who do not have power, we mustn't reduce their power even more by making them yet more transparent.
Julian AssangeThe most important publication of WikiLeaks is that it has published more than 10 million documents. The most important single collection of material we have published is the US diplomatic cable series. We started with 251,000 in 2011, but are up to 3 million now and have more coming.
Julian Assange