Anthony Blunt

“It was a case of political conscience against loyalty to country. I chose conscience.”

“I believed that the Marxist interpretation of history was the correct one.”

“The decision to spy for Russia was the biggest mistake of my life.”

“I now see that it is a case where a man is faced with a conflict of loyalties... I chose to follow my conscience.”

“I have been put in a uniquely difficult position and I have been given a chance to wipe the slate clean, which I have taken.”

“I am aware that I have been the object of a great deal of speculation.”

“What I did not do was to betray the interests of my country in the war, because I was working for the Russians, who were our allies.”

“This was a traumatic experience, but not one which I regret in the sense that I am ashamed of it.”

“The atmosphere in Cambridge in the early 1930s was so intense, the enthusiasm for any anti-fascist cause was so great, that I made the biggest mistake of my life.”