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> [The whole universe or the structure that perceives it is a worthy opponent, but try as I may I can not escape the sound of suffering. Perhaps as an old man I will take great comfort in pottering around in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/the-whole-universe-or-the-structure-that-perceives-it-is-a-worthy/)

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

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> [“Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence and thereby eventually lose all ability to defend ourselves and those we love. In a modern economy it is impossible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/every-time-we-witness-an-injustice-and-do-not-act-we-train-our/)

[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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