All Heather Brooke Quotes
- If any of us were faced with a huge bag of free money and very little accountability, it would be human nature that you would… Accountability
- What the interconnected age in which we live allows us to do is instantly connect with each other. Age
- What the Internet has done is it has decentralised power. Decentralised
- The biggest abuses in society happen when people are not able to communicate and not able to connect. Able
- The values of WikiLeaks have been completely overshadowed by Julian Assange. Assange
- If you really believe in a cause, let the cause speak for itself. And if you, by your personality, are damaging that cause, if you… Aside
- It is scrutiny by the general public that keeps the powerful honest. General
- We are not naughty children, and the state is not our parent. Children
- I like to write books and cause trouble. Books
- I pine for a return to the type of old-school journalism and the tough newspapermen and women of the Thirties. Journalism
- My parents are British but they emigrated to America, where I was born. America
- Parliamentarians certainly know how to do bad public relations. Bad
- Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security. Claim
- When I was 26 or 27, I gave up journalism. I came to England after my mom died, to let serendipity take its course. And… Came
- As the news agenda goes into warp speed, it becomes ever more difficult for authors writing about current events to keep their books timely and… Agenda
- The speed with which WikiLeaks went from niche interest to global prominence was a real-time example of the revolutionizing power of the digital age in… Across
- Traditional publishers require an author to submit a manuscript six months in advance, and if pressed, no later than two or three. Advance
- Slightly embarrassing admission: Even when I was a kid, I used to have these little spy books, and I would, like, see what everybody was… Admission
- Our printing press is the Internet. Our coffee houses are social networks. Coffee
- I trained as a journalist in America where paying sources is frowned upon. Now I work in the U.K. where there is a more flexible… America
- The movement towards radical transparency and accountability has been gaining steam for several decades. Accountability
- There is risk everywhere. Being alive carries the risk of death. Alive
- In whose interest is it to hype up the collapse of the Internet from a DDoS attack? Why, the people who provide cyber security services,… Attack
- In the soil of ignorance, fear can easily be sown. Easily
- We need to codify our values and build consensus around what we want from a free society and a free Internet. We need to put… Assemble