The Art of Betrayal Quotes

“Acts of government are not choices between good and bad. They are between two evils – the lesser of two evils. Someone is always going to get hurt by a decision of government . . . absolute morality, absolute ethics just does not exist in affairs of the state.’99”
― Gordon Corera, MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service

“Perhaps the only thing worse than having a mole is the fear of having a mole.”
― Gordon Corera, The Art of Betrayal: The Secret History of MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service

“Scratch beneath the thin veneer of glamour and much of the routine work of MI6 was a form of glorified train-spotting – with a little plane- and boat-spotting thrown in.”
― Gordon Corera, The Art of Betrayal: The Secret History of MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service

“the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence’.”
― Gordon Corera, The Art of Betrayal: The Secret History of MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service

“Secret knowledge offers the needy a sense of superiority and power over ordinary folk.”
― Gordon Corera, The Art of Betrayal: The Secret History of MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service

“For the sons and daughters of the privileged elite, Communism offered both an intellectual critique of the current malaise and an emotional rebellion against their parents’ complacency.”
― Gordon Corera, The Art of Betrayal: The Secret History of MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service