Edward Snowden Quotes

The president hasn't come after me yet, but we've had other people come after me!

They look at me and I kind of back up in case they go for my throat.

I love driving, but sometimes, I'm not too good at it because I spend too much time looking in the rearview mirror if I know I'm being followed. You don't respond like, 'Oh, there's paparazzi.' It's more like, 'There's a man, and he's going to attack me.' That's how your body responds.

When somebody follows you 20 blocks to the pharmacy, where they watch you buy toilet paper, you know your life has changed.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

The police came to me to say I had death threats and that I had to be careful!

They hate whom they fear.

I hear that from so many different governments, people coming to me and saying, 'You should be careful'. But I don't want to go around with bodyguards.

The Authority has the power to turn everyone against me, and they have.

I remember, I used to get off a bus, and if there was someone sitting in the station, I remember thinking maybe they were from Shin Bet and came for me.

People were following me home in cars, singing outside my window at my flat. I couldn't go to pubs or supermarkets or walk down the street. It was bizarre, but that was my life.

He of whom many are afraid ought himself to fear many.

Just in case you get any ideas, know that I’ll be sleeping with a can of Mace in one hand and pepper spray in the other.” - Katie Jorlan's expression turned mocking. “Just in case you get any ideas, know that I’ll be sleeping with a feather in one hand and massage oil in the other.

I make sure to keep a good distance between us, just in case she decides to get happy with a knife or something.

The most dangerous person is the fearful; he is the most to be feared.

Stop fearing being attacked.

There are many people who live with terrorism every day.

Terror made me cruel.

I can scare myself like a pro.

My safety and my family's safety are not guaranteed even now.

I definitely feel, when I'm wearing the costume, that I could scare people and hurt them.

My own death threats have declined considerably.

Who's next?

My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.

I pretend something scary is in front of me.