--- title: "19 United Quotes By Julian Assange" description: "19 United quotes by Julian Assange. Plus more from Julian Assange and more United sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/342/julian-assange-1566_big-business_the-us-presidency-will-continue-to-repre_1477492.jpg" --- > [The US presidency will continue to represent the major power groups of the United States - big business and the military -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/the-us-presidency-will-continue-to-represent-the-major-power-groups/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/342/julian-assange-1566_big-business_the-us-presidency-will-continue-to-repre_1477492.jpg) > [Well, I mean, the real attack on truth is tabloid journalism in the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/well-i-mean-the-real-attack-on-truth-is-tabloid-journalism-in-the/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/julian-assange-1566_journalism_well-i-mean-the-real-attack-on-truth-is_2836210.jpg) > [ Sweden formally writing back to the United Nations to say, 'No, we're not going to \[recognise the UN ruling\], so leaving open… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/sweden-formally-writing-back-to-the-united-nations-to-say-no-we-re/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a47/julian-assange-1566_ability_sweden-formally-writing-back-to-the-unit_1604393.jpg) > [ In fact, during her \[Hillary Clinton\] tenure as Secretary of State, total arms exports from the United States in terms of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/in-fact-during-her-hillary-clinton-tenure-as-secretary-of-state-total/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b25/julian-assange-1566_arms_in-fact-during-her-hillary-clinton-tenur_1127769.jpg) > [Trump doesn't have one establishment, maybe with the exception of the Evangelicals, if you can call them an establishment, but banks, intelligence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/trump-doesn-t-have-one-establishment-maybe-with-the-exception-of-the/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/julian-assange-1566_agency_trump-doesn-t-have-one-establishment-may_2863061.jpg) > [Wikileaks has - we specialize in bringing the First Amendment to the world, and we were always very surprised one of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/wikileaks-has-we-specialize-in-bringing-the-first-amendment-to-the/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/julian-assange-1566_administration_wikileaks-has-we-specialize-in-bringing_2953329.jpg) > [I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/i-mean-there-s-enormous-pressures-to-harmonize-freedom-of-speech/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/julian-assange-1566_around-the-world_i-mean-there-s-enormous-pressures-to-har_1689185.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/191/julian-assange-1566_add_everyone-should-understand-that-when-the_90565.jpg) > [In the United Kingdom at various stages, journalism has been the profession of gentlemen amateurs. And some of them even pride themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/in-the-united-kingdom-at-various-stages-journalism-has-been-the/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d8/julian-assange-1566_amateurs_in-the-united-kingdom-at-various-stages_2328990.jpg) > [ \[The rhetoric\] is trying to avoid \[the truth that \] the U.N. formally found that the whole thing is illegal, never even… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/the-rhetoric-is-trying-to-avoid-the-truth-that-the-u-n-formally-found/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50c/julian-assange-1566_assessment_the-rhetoric-is-trying-to-avoid-the-trut_2036098.jpg) > [I would be immediately arrested by the British police and I would then be extradited either immediately to the United States or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/i-would-be-immediately-arrested-by-the-british-police-and-i-would/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/julian-assange-1566_arrested_i-would-be-immediately-arrested-by-the-b_993385.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/julian-assange-1566_able_now-is-it-the-case-that-facebook-is-actu_3044749.jpg) > [ My answer is that \[Donald\] Trump would not be permitted to win. Why do I say that? Because he's had every establishment… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/my-answer-is-that-donald-trump-would-not-be-permitted-to-win-why-do-i/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/julian-assange-1566_agency_my-answer-is-that-donald-trump-would-not_1484003.jpg) > [Let us not compare Edward Snowden's situation with that of Chelsea Manning or Jeremy Hammond, who is also imprisoned in the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/let-us-not-compare-edward-snowden-s-situation-with-that-of-chelsea/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/julian-assange-1566_asylums_let-us-not-compare-edward-snowden-s-situ_2834282.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/326/julian-assange-1566_addresses_facebook-in-particular-is-the-most-appal_413478.jpg) > [ The U.N. \[the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention\] has looked into this whole situation. They spent eighteen months in formal,… ](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/julian-assange-1566_abuse_the-u-n-the-united-nations-working-group_207543.jpg) > [Hillary Clinton is the smooth central representation of all that, and 'all that' is more or less what is in power now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/hillary-clinton-is-the-smooth-central-representation-of-all-that-and/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/julian-assange-1566_cabinets_hillary-clinton-is-the-smooth-central-re_2570787.jpg) > [ Of course, no state accepts \[that it should call\] the people it is imprisoning or detaining for political reasons, political prisoners. They… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/of-course-no-state-accepts-that-it-should-call-the-people-it-is/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffb/julian-assange-1566_accepting_of-course-no-state-accepts-that-it-shoul_302066.jpg) > [Here we have a case, the Swedish case, where I have never been charged with a crime, where I have already been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/here-we-have-a-case-the-swedish-case-where-i-have-never-been-charged/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/julian-assange-1566_asylums_here-we-have-a-case-the-swedish-case-whe_1023735.jpg) ## Other authors on United ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/united/julian-assange/#itemlist", "name": "19 United Quotes By Julian Assange", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The US presidency will continue to represent the major power groups of the United States - big business and the 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Which way is it going to go? 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We were not certain exactly what would happen there, but then we know that the Swedish government has refused to say that they will not extradite me to the United States we know they have extradited 100 per cent of people whom the U.S. has requested since at least 2000.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julian Assange" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/i-would-be-immediately-arrested-by-the-british-police-and-i-would/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/julian-assange-1566_arrested_i-would-be-immediately-arrested-by-the-b_993385.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/julian-assange-1566_arrested_i-would-be-immediately-arrested-by-the-b_993385.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/julian-assange-1566_arrested_i-would-be-immediately-arrested-by-the-b_993385.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I would be immediately arrested by the British police and I would then be extradited either immediately to…” — Julian Assange", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Now, is it the case that Facebook is actually run by U.S. intelligence? 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