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If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

- Julian Assange
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Through the confessional system, the Catholic church spied upon the lives of its congregants. While Latin mass excluded most people who could not speak Latin from an understanding of the very system of thought that bound them.

It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a bad reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a good thing to engage in.

By bringing out into the public domain how human institutions actually behave, we can understand frankly, to a degree, for the first time the civilization that we actually have.

Cryptography is the essential building block of independence for organisations on the Internet, just like armies are the essential building blocks of states, because otherwise one state just takes over another.

So far, we have a perfect record of WikiLeaks having never revealed information that exposed a source over 10 years.

What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend to shape our perceptions of how war should and should not be conducted? Can it shape our perceptions of who should be conducting war and in what manner? And the answer to that is a clear yes.

Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior.

These big-package releases. There should be a cute name for them.

During the period of house arrest, I had an electronic manacle around my leg for 24 hours a day, and for someone who has tried to give others liberty all their adult life, that is absolutely intolerable.

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If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.