There is unity in the oppression. There must be absolute unity and determination, in the response.
Stopping leaks is a new form of censorship.
Every 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.
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.
The aim of Wikileaks is to achieve just reform around the world and do it through the mechanism of transparency.
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.
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.
Non-conformity is the only real passion worth being ruled by.
If you want a vision of the future, imagine Washington-back ed Google Glasses strapped onto vacant human faces – forever.
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.
It is getting to the point where the mark of international distinction and service to humanity is no longer the Nobel Peace Price, but an espionage indictment from the US Department of Justice.
I enjoy crushing bastards. So it is enjoyable work.
If we are to produce a more civilized society, a more just society, it has to be based on the truth.
This generation is burning the mass media to the ground.
That is vaguely conspiratorial, in a networking sense. We have published their meeting notes.
Well, I mean, the real attack on truth is tabloid journalism in the United States.
And if Bradley Manning really did as he is accused, he is a hero, an example to us all and one of the world’s foremost political prisoners.
Here then is the truth about the Truth; the Truth is not bridge, sturdy to every step, a marvel of bound planks and supports from the known into the unknown, but a surging sea of smashed wood, flotsam and drowning sailors.
Every law, every constitution, every regulative decision is based upon what people are discussing in their community. It’s based upon our sum knowledge of history and the present.
The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere.