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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 seen and done and been involved with. This is not really espionage; there's no betrayal of trust. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#back #been #betrayal #done #espionage

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

#agency #away #backed #conducting #difficulties

I spent my first paycheck on a vintage Mercedes. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#i #mercedes #paycheck #spent #vintage

The only thing I ever withheld from the KGB were the names of two agents whom I personally had known and handled and had a particular feeling for. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#ever #feeling #had #handled #i

We had periodic crises in this country when the technical intelligence didn't support the policy. We had the bomber gap, the missile gap. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#country #crises #gap #had #intelligence

When I handed over the names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union, I had come to the conclusion that the loss of these sources to the U.S. would not compromise significant national defense, political, diplomatic interests. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#cia #come #compromise #compromised #conclusion

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#falsehood #may #only #outraged #silence

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#becomes #heart #his #man #only

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#doing #easily #find #genius #impossible

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#elect #everywhere #exists #generation #rest