Albert Maltz

To put the point sharply: If an informer in the French underground who sent a friend to the torture chambers of the Gestapo was equally a victim, then there can be no right or wrong in life that I understand.

American Author

Whittaker Chambers

On that road of the informer, it is always night. I cannot ever inform against anyone without feeling something die within me. I inform without pleasure, because it is necessary.

American Writer

Lady Gregory

In writing a little tragedy, 'The Gaol Gate,' I made the scenario in three lines, 'He is an informer; he is dead; he is hanged.' I wrote that play very quickly.

Irish Dramatist

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

I have never been a traitor. I am not an informer; I never betrayed my nation.

Indian Statesman

Often used negatively to describe someone who betrays trust by informing on others.

Negative Connotation

Commonly used in crime and legal contexts to describe someone who provides crucial information to authorities.

Law Enforcement

'Informer' implies that the information given is typically expected to be kept secret or confidential.

Secrecy Expected

Used in computing to describe programs or features providing regular updates or insights.

Technical Application

In technical contexts, an 'informer' isn't a person but a component of a system.

Impersonal Context

Shows how language evolves with technology, where traditional roles are replaced by software.

Modern Usage

 where the only apparently trustable person was an informer. But why did the Stasi collect all this information in its archives? The main purpose was to control the society. In nearly every speech, the Stasi minister

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