Klaus Fuchs Quotes

You couldn't trust anyone or anything that belonged to the world of espionage.

I've met enough KGB colonels in my life.

The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent.

Who would have thought that in the 1950s, Burbank was a hotbed of international espionage?

Since real spies are so good, you never really know what actual spying is. But I do think spying is a lot more dangerous than we are led to believe.

During the Cold War, we gathered information by listening to the Soviets, taking pictures of the Soviets, and we allowed our human intelligence to decline.

I've always wanted to be a spy, and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me.

I would have loved to have met some former spies, but they don't readily advertise themselves unless they're not living in Moscow, and even then. I'm sure I've met some without realizing it.

There are few archbishops in espionage. He's on our side and that's all that matters. Besides, one needn't ask him to one's club.

There is only one law of espionage—there are always going to be spies.

It was given for all purposes to which a secret service fund should or could be applied to the public benefit—for spies, if the gentleman pleases.

There are more foreign intelligence officers inside the US now, working against US interests, than there were at the height of the cold war.

I would be a terrible CIA officer in real life.

For an old spy and codebreaker like myself, nothing in the world happens by coincidence.

I really wanted to be a spy. I guess it's a bit like acting, where you play a role.

Exposing the activities of a foreign intelligence service renders them ineffective, since it removes plausible deniability, which is the hallmark of covert intelligence operations.

There is no place where espionage is not possible.

That’s the thing about spies. Most of the secrets we keep are from each other.

The Confederates had suspected Wild Bill of being a spy for two or three days, and had watched him closely.

With stealth technology, the U.S. could spy on its Cold War adversaries without running the risk of getting caught.

I saw a limit to what I was giving as kind of a scam I was running on the KGB, by giving them people that I knew were their double agents fed to us.

In my head, I think I'd make a perfect spy, but in reality, I don't think I'd fare very well.

I am always up to steal secrets from smart people.

Ask yourself: if I were a Chinese spy, why wouldn't I have flown directly into Beijing? I could be living in a palace petting a phoenix by now.

In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.