That was a brave and principled thing for Ecuador to do [give me asylum application]. Now we have the U.S. election [campaign], the Ecuadorian election is in February next year, and you have the White House feeling the political heat as a result of the true information that we have been publishing.

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

I found in investigative journalism it is always best, if you have any language skills, not to admit them.

Now, is it the case that Facebook is actually run by U.S. intelligence? No, it's not like that. It's simply that U.S. intelligence is able to bring to bear legal and political pressure on them. And it's costly for them to hand out records one by one, so they have automated the process. Everyone should understand that when they add their friends to Facebook, they are doing free work for United States intelligence agencies in building this database for them.

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

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

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