Masha Gessen Quotes

I sleep with my gun on my bedside table. I live alone; it is my protection and makes me feel safer.

In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.

Sometimes Buenos Aires is not so safe. You are scared to have someone behind you at night.

It's really important to take your own personal safety into your own hands.

Well, I don't think I've ever consciously come up with tricks and tools to, kind of, hide. I do think I'm a bit more vigilant, in terms of safety issues and things. And sometimes it is kind of nice to try to hold onto your anonymity.

As regards to personal safety, you do have to be careful not to put yourself at risk when travelling in South Africa. You don't want to go out exploring at night, for example.

When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the door but I had the music going, keeping the city at a distance, trying to find creative time and peace and so forth.

The police cannot protect the citizen at this stage of our development, and they cannot even protect themselves in many cases. It is up to the private citizen to protect himself and his family, and this is not only acceptable, but mandatory.

The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves.

In Arizona we have passed laws to free our people so that they can defend themselves and their loved ones. You cannot predict where evil will raise its head, but you can be prepared for it.

I feel like I'm ready for any dangerous situation that might come my way, provided I have a hammer on me.

I sleep on my stomach with my head under a bunch of pillows so if someone wants to come in and try to kill me they can't tell if I'm there or not, so they'll just leave.

We need a full-court press on personal protection. We need to be able to protect ourselves.

Do every single thing you can to protect yourself, your family, and your country.

People want to be able to protect themselves.

One of the things that's important to me as a Londoner is making sure my family, people I care about, are safe.

I can't set one foot out of my house or anywhere in the world without security.

It is a scary world out there, and believe me that if someone were to try to come into my house, I want to be able to protect myself.

C'mon now, I'm not going to make it easy for the terrorists to get me.

The world is a scary place. Even my mother has suggested I take a self defense class.

The need for self-defense naturally exists outside and inside the home, I would hold the 2nd Amendment applies outside the home.

I've guarded a lot of people.

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

Everybody, every American starts to have - needs to start having a security plan. We need to be able to protect ourselves.

In the '80s, you couldn't walk in the neighborhood without looking back to see if anyone was following you. You had your key in your hand before you got to your apartment and you'd rush in so you didn't have to stop.