Julian Assange

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that the very existence of you is an act of rebellion."

"Wikileaks is a broadcaster of last resort."

"One of the best ways to achieve justice is to expose the truth."

"The goal of journalism is to refresh humanity's sense of what is important."

"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will."

"Don't shoot the messenger for bringing bad news."

"Secrecy is the enemy of justice."

"The best way to keep a secret is to tell everyone."

"I have been exposed to a variety of media throughout my life, and I know how it works."

"Courage is contagious."

"The powerful should be made transparent and the powerless should be made free."

"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive."

"I believe in the power of information to change the world."

"Truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."

"When you look at the actual facts, the transparency promotes happiness."

"We can't live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel every quiver they make."

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

"The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting."

"Our activity is not about the exposure of secrets but about the revelation of truths."

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

"To achieve reform you do not need to be straight. You do not need to be conventional. You just need to be right."

"I am confident that I will be exonerated."

"Transparency and openness are the cornerstones of democracy."

"The world needs more whistleblowers."

"Power without accountability is tyranny."

"I believe in transparency in all things."

"The state should be transparent to citizens, not citizens to the state."

"Journalism should serve the public interest."

"The internet is the most powerful tool for liberation we have ever created."

"We publish not because it makes us popular, but because it is the right thing to do."