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title: "4 Databases Quotes By Julian Assange"
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> [Everyone should understand that when they add their friends to Facebook, they are doing free work for United States intelligence agencies in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/everyone-should-understand-that-when-they-add-their-friends-to/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

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> [Facebook in particular is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented. Here we have the world's most comprehensive database…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/facebook-in-particular-is-the-most-appalling-spying-machine-that-has/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

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> [We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization, format it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/we-get-information-in-the-mail-the-regular-postal-mail-encrypted-or/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

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> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/now-is-it-the-case-that-facebook-is-actually-run-by-u-s-intelligence/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

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## More by Julian Assange

> [We released 400,000 classified documents, the most extraordinary history of a war to ever have been released in our civilization. Those documents cover 109,000…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/we-released-400-000-classified-documents-the-most-extraordinary/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

> [There's more than 1700 emails out of the thirty three thousand Hillary Clinton emails that we've published, just about Libya. It's not that Libya…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/there-s-more-than-1700-emails-out-of-the-thirty-three-thousand/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

> [We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against the organization for our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/we-always-expect-tremendous-criticism-it-is-my-role-to-be-the/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

> [“Well it's not possible to win this kind of thing. This is a continuous striving that people have done for a long time. Of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/well-it-s-not-possible-to-win-this-kind-of-thing-this-is-a-continuous/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

> [It is impossible to correct abuses unless we know that theyre going on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/it-is-impossible-to-correct-abuses-unless-we-know-that-theyre-going-on/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

> [WikiLeaks is a source protection organization. We are famous for never having exposed one of our sources over 10 years. That's why sources trust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/wikileaks-is-a-source-protection-organization-we-are-famous-for-never/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

> [Everyone should understand that when they add their friends to Facebook, they are doing free work for United States intelligence agencies in building this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/everyone-should-understand-that-when-they-add-their-friends-to/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/and-if-bradley-manning-really-did-as-he-is-accused-he-is-a-hero-an/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

> [All over the world, the barriers between what is inside an organisation and outside an organisation are being smoothed out. In the military, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/all-over-the-world-the-barriers-between-what-is-inside-an/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

> [Non-conformity is the only real passion worth being ruled by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/non-conformity-is-the-only-real-passion-worth-being-ruled-by/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

> [Society develops a type of self-censorship, with the knowledge that surveillance exists - a self-censorship that is even expressed when people communicate with each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/society-develops-a-type-of-self-censorship-with-the-knowledge-that/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

> [During the period of house arrest, I had an electronic manacle around my leg for 24 hours a day, and for someone who has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/during-the-period-of-house-arrest-i-had-an-electronic-manacle-around/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

> [There's an early 2014 email from Hillary Clinton, not so long after she left the State Department, to her campaign manager John Podesta that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/there-s-an-early-2014-email-from-hillary-clinton-not-so-long-after/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

> [ The U.N. \[the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention\] has looked into this whole situation. They spent eighteen months in formal, adversarial litigation.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/the-u-n-the-united-nations-working-group-on-arbitrary-detention-has/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

> [I always believed that WikiLeaks as a concept would perform a global role, and to some degree it was clear that it was doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/i-always-believed-that-wikileaks-as-a-concept-would-perform-a-global/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

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