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
cute names should
These big-package releases. There should be a cute name for them.
political asylums return
I would be happy to accept asylum, political asylum, in India a nation I love. In return, I will bring Mayawati a range of the finest British footwear.
pigs may
I may be a chauvinist pig of some sort, but I'm no rapist.
real passion conformity
Non-conformity is the only real passion worth being ruled by.
hands organization criticism
We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against the organization for our work, and that is a difficult role. On the other hand, I get undue credit.
wikileaks information flow
Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform.
visions-of-the-future glasses forever
If you want a vision of the future, imagine Washington-back ed Google Glasses strapped onto vacant human faces - forever.
machines particular
Facebook in particular is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented,
feminism saudi-arabia sweden
Sweden is the Saudi Arabia of feminism,
country giving perspective
The sense of perspective that interaction with multiple cultures gives you I find to be extremely valuable, because it allows you to see the structure of a country with greater clarity, and gives you a sense of mental independence.
police corruption
The corruption in reporting starts very early. It's like the police reporting on the police.
media people brave
WikiLeaks is really a litmus test for those people who walk the talk in the media. How much will they really follow their protestations to be brave publishers, and how much do they really want to lick the boots of power? Well, you can tell by their engagement with us and what they do.
country names suffering
Which country is suffering from too much freedom of speech? Name it, is there one?
war lying past
One of the hopeful things that I've discovered is that nearly every war that has started in the past 50 years has been a result of media lies. The media could've stopped it if they had searched deep enough; if they hadn't reprinted government propaganda they could've stopped it.