Treason Is Very Much A Matter Of

I Had Two Experiences Of Criminality: One Was My Conman Father, The Other Was Teaching At Eton

I Worked For Mi6 In The Sixties, During The Great Witch-hunts, When The Shared Paranoia Of The Cold War Gripped The Services.

I Have A Theory Which I Suspect Is Rather Immoral,' Smiley Went On, More Lightly. 'each Of Us Has Only A Quantum Of Compassion. That If We Lavish Our Concern On Every Stray Cat, We Never Get To The Centre Of Things.

For Decades To Come The Spy World Will Continue To Be The Collective Couch Where The Subconscious Of Each Nation Is Confessed.

The Greatest Threat To Mankind Comes From The Renunciation Of Individual Scruple In Favor Of Institutional Denominators. . . . Real Heroism Lies, As It Always Will, Not In Conformity Or Even Patriotism, But In Acts Of Solitary Moral Courage. Which, Come To Think Of It, Is What We Used To Admire In Our Christian Savior