Julian Assange
Julian Assange
Julian Paul Assangeis an Australian computer programmer, publisher and journalist. He is editor-in-chief of the organisation WikiLeaks, which he founded in 2006...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth3 July 1971
CityTownsville, Australia
CountryAustralia
Julian Assange quotes about
lying war bad-ass
If wars can be started by lies, they can be stopped by truth.
hands people needs
The 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.
adventure eye grandchildren
If we can only live once, then let it be a daring adventure that draws on all our powers Let our grandchildren delight to find the start of our stories in their ears but the endings all around in their wandering eyes.
trying battle world
Wikileaks has - we specialize in bringing the First Amendment to the world, and we were always very surprised one of our biggest battles would be trying to bring it to the United States under an Obama administration.
trying world plant
WikiLeaks is literally the worst place in the world to try and plant a false story.
crush creating people
That is my temperament. I enjoy creating systems on a grand scale, and I enjoy helping people who are vulnerable. And I enjoy crushing bastards.
journalist espionage
The Obama administration has attempted to prosecute more journalists and journalistic sources under the same Espionage Act she was being investigated under in all previous presidencies combined.
party unjust injustice
Every time we witness an act that we feel to be unjust and do not act, we become a party to injustice.
winner virtue
As always, most media aligns with the presumptive winner even though their claimed societal virtue is to investigate those in power.
powerful taken believe
It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a bad reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a good thing to engage in.
writing thinking rights
If instituted, the TPP's IP regime would trample over individual rights and free expression, as well as ride roughshod over the intellectual and creative commons. If you read, write, publish, think, listen, dance, sing or invent; if you farm or consume food; if you're ill now or might one day be ill, the TPP has you in its crosshairs.
world this-world nothing-new
There is nothing new in this world other than the history that you don't know yet.
lying fighting
Power factions fight back with lies.
adventure daring ifs
If we can only live once, let it be a daring adventure.