A man is not primarily a witness against something. That is only incidental to the fact that he is a witness for something.

Quote by Whittaker Chambers

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For in this century, within the next decades, will be decided for generations whether all...

For in this century, within the next decades, will be decided for generations whether all...

A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose...

A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose...

When you understand what you see, you will no longer be children. You will know...

When you understand what you see, you will no longer be children. You will know...

In 1937, I began, like Lazarus, the impossible return.

In 1937, I began, like Lazarus, the impossible return.

On a scale personal enough to be felt by all, but big enough to be...

On a scale personal enough to be felt by all, but big enough to be...

The rub is that the pursuit of happiness, as an end in itself, tends automatically,...

The rub is that the pursuit of happiness, as an end in itself, tends automatically,...

A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory

A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory

It is popular to call it a crisis of the Western world. It is in...

It is popular to call it a crisis of the Western world. It is in...

I know that I am leaving the winning side for the losing side, but it...

I know that I am leaving the winning side for the losing side, but it...

A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory.

A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory.

The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise...

The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise...

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.

At issue was the question whether this man's faith could prevail against a man whose...

At issue was the question whether this man's faith could prevail against a man whose...

Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to free...

Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to free...

My children, as long as you live, the shadow of the Hiss Case will brush...

My children, as long as you live, the shadow of the Hiss Case will brush...

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible

I see in Communism the focus of the concentrated evil of our time.

I see in Communism the focus of the concentrated evil of our time.

Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy,...

Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy,...

Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government.

Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government.

No one should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or socialism...

No one should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or socialism...