A devastating example of a brilliant success of espionage.
- Douglas MacArthur,
General of the Army
General of the Army
His work was impeccable.
- Kim Philby, Soviet spy at the
heart of British Government
heart of British Government
In my whole life, I have never met anyone as great as he was.
- Mitsusada Yoshikawa, Prosecutor
who obtained Sorge's death sentence.
who obtained Sorge's death sentence.
The 20th Century has been the century of espionage, and Richard Sorge was probably its most fascinating exemplar - a spy of unparalleled charm, nonchalance, courage, impudence, and brilliance. What a story!
- Arthur M. Schlesinger, jr.
Historian
Historian
The spy to end spies! He was a comedian in the sense of Graham Greene, an artist in the sense of Thomas Mann.
- John Le Carré
Sorge was the man whom I regard as the most formidable spy in history.
- Ian Fleming
Richard Sorge was the best spy of all time.
- Tom Clancy
The spy who changed the world.
- Lance Morrow
Somehow, amidst the Bonds and Smiley's people, we have ignored the greatest of 20th century spy stories - that of Stalin's Sorge, whose exploits helped change history.
- Carl Bernstein
Richard Sorge's brilliant espionage work saved Stalin and the Soviet Union from defeat in the fall of 1941, probably prevented a Nazi victory in World War Two and thereby assured the dimensions of the world we live in today.
- Larry Collins
The spies in history who can say from their graves, the infomation I supplied to my masters, for better or worse, altered the history of our planet, can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Richard Sorge was in that group.
- Frederick Forsyth
Few espionage coups have resulted in such spectacular tide-turnings.
- Army Times
Stalin's James Bond.
- Le Figaro
A real life spy story... as fantastic in its operations as those envisioned by Ian Fleming and John Le Carré.
- The Christian Science Monitor
What Sorge did is astounding. He is one of the few spies who have helped to change the course of history.
- Daily Telegraph
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