Michael Moore Quotes

I think the good old British democracy should keep scrutinising and pressing to get the truth out.

The work of WikiLeaks is with principal documentary evidence; that's where the truth lies. It gets to the heart of the matter. It educates people and in turn empowers them.

The People have a right to the Truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.

I don't think that any government has a right to subvert the truth or to cover up the truth, and all I see WikiLeaks doing is exposing the truth.

Public disclosure is one of the great disinfectants ever invented.

When it comes to governments and corporations, we should demand that less is secret. That's where corruption flowers.

What I'm thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson's saying that he'd rather have a free press without a government than a government without a free press.

Usually the public is better off with more information than less. That includes information the government would like to keep quiet.

WikiLeaks is a service to the population. Assange should get an award for - presidential medal of honor.

Democratic societies need a strong media, and WikiLeaks is part of that media.

Citizens have to fight suppression of information on matters of vital public importance. To tell the truth is not a crime.

WikiLeaks serves as a back-up for those who want to tell the truth about the inner workings of government when the mainstream media is not willing or taking too long to publish.

As leakers take great risks in releasing information, assuring them that they are not sacrificing themselves in vain and that their leaks would have public consequences would most likely encourage more people to leak.

The U.K. government has a responsibility to keep secrets in some circumstances. It also has a responsibility not to abuse that power for other purposes.

I'm a longtime believer in the old adage that sunlight is the best disinfectant, particularly in politics.

This whole idea of visibility by the public creates a pretty powerful lever. In the new transparency era, you are able to make change you would otherwise have difficulty making. It's no longer possible for somebody just to bury the problem. It's the reason why things like WikiLeaks are important.

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.

It shouldn't take extreme courage and a willingness to go to prison for decades or even life to blow the whistle on bad government acts done in secret. But it does. And that is an immense problem for democracy, one that all journalists should be united in fighting.

National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.

People intrinsically know there are secrets being held from us. Look at WikiLeaks: There are secrets that are really true to the world.

The veil of secrecy must be lifted and the attempted dumbing down of the Australian people by restricting their right to know must be fought.

We have a right to know and a duty to discover what you think of the great constitutional issues of our time.

Leaks usually have more value to the public at large than the harm which they occasionally do.

Truth is a very powerful political weapon against those who are trying to conceal it.