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“...I remembered how Philby's enemy, [T.E.] Lawrence, refused his country's decorations, and later even a commission in the R.A.F., and enlisted as a simple airman. In 1940 this seemed irresponsible and hysterical to me. But by 1945 I had seen a score or more British and Americans on the verge of treason through similar bitterness. . . . By 1945 I grew to understand the Philby-Lawrence reaction and to consider such men, and their honour, as casualties of war -- for war cares no more for honour, or for decency and honesty, than it does for life.”

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Book:The Scarlet Thread: Adventures in Wartime Espionage

Source: The Scarlet Thread: Adventures in Wartime Espionage

“...war cares no more for honour, or for decency and honesty, than it does for life.”

Book:The Scarlet Thread: Adventures in Wartime Espionage

Source: The Scarlet Thread: Adventures in Wartime Espionage