51 Quotes by Katharine Gun

The world is moving in a completely fascist, corporate direction. It worries me, it should worry us all.

After the invasion of Afghanistan, when the focus suddenly turned toward Iraq, I suddenly thought, 'What on earth had Iraq got to do with the war on terror?'

Now everybody is questioning everything, so it's up to journalists who really care about the truth to fight for their corner of the truth and journalistic freedom.

If a rogue nation were to attack the U.K. physically, I would be a patriot, yes; I would try to defend the U.K.

If my own country is subverting the rule of law and sending its own citizens, its military, into harm's way on the basis of lies and propaganda, I would argue that being a patriot is calling out those lies and saying, 'No, you don't send our military into harm's way with no legal justification.'

What has to be understood is that most whistle-blowers are not natural activists - this one certainly wasn't. We usually work in anonymous jobs, far from the spotlight. We are not campaigners, or journalists, or wannabe celebrities, craving a platform. Our conscience tells us we have to reveal what we know.

I'm not a politician; I don't have a well-organised PR machine to craft my every word.

Working at GCHQ was a relatively easy, reliable job. As long as you always toe the 'party line', you are more or less guaranteed a job for life.

Ironically, becoming known publicly was my biggest fear. And it was partly because I'm on the whole a fairly shy person.