Espionage Quotes

49 quotes by 39 authors

We have some material on spying by a major government on the tech industry. Industrial espionage. — Julian Assange
Once you've lived the inside-out world of espionage, you never shed it. It's a mentality, a double standard of existence. — John le Carre
It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them… — Sun Tzu
All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him. — Sun Tzu
Let's say a Soviet exchange student back in the '70s would go back and tell the KGB about people and places and things that he'd… — Aldrich Ames
Thrilling, illuminating, heart-pounding. Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy reads like a crackling espionage novel and resonates as only the most compelling history can. Abbott brings to… — Megan Abbott
My name is E. Howard Hunt. I'm currently retired from more than 22 years in the profession of espionage. — E. Howard Hunt
To charge Snowden with espionage is a severe form of political persecution. — Mark Weisbrot
Spy' is such a short ugly word. I prefer 'espionage.' Those extra three syllables really say something. — Howard Tayler
An espionage organization is a collector: it collects raw information. That gets processed by a machinery that is supposed to resolve its reliability, and to… — Aldrich Ames
Espionage, for the most part, involves finding a person who knows something or has something that you can induce them secretly to give to you.… — Aldrich Ames
I found that our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced any worthwhile political or economic intelligence on the Soviet Union. — Aldrich Ames
The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent. — Aldrich Ames
The difficulties of conducting espionage against the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union were such that historically the Agency had backed away from the task. — Aldrich Ames
There was reason for STILLMAN'S EXTREME SECRECY. HE WAS PREPARING TO EXTEND THE CITY BANK'S POWER OVER THE EARTH AND FULLY RECOGNIZED THAT THIS AMBITION… — George B. Cortelyou
In civilizations without boats, dreams dry up, espionage takes the place of adventure and the police take the place of pirates. — Michel Foucault
My understanding is that espionage means giving secret or classified information to the enemy. Since Snowden shared information with the American people, his indictment for… — Ron Paul
With what moral authority can [the US] speak of human rights... the rulers of a nation in which the millionaire and beggar coexist; where the… — Fidel Castro
Overwatch doesn't just bring together the legal and espionage genres. It merges family problems with professional ones, swirls in a major helping of murder and… — Brad Meltzer
There was an intervention of the foreign states in the Russian Far East, Archangel of the West border of Russia. The foreign troops were participating… — Vladimir Semichastny

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