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

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...

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible

A man is not primarily a witness against something. That is only incidental to the...

A man is not primarily a witness against something. That is only incidental to the...

I do not know any way to explain why God's grace touches a man who...

I do not know any way to explain why God's grace touches a man who...

Human societies, like human beings, live by faith and die when faith dies.

Human societies, like human beings, live by faith and die when faith dies.

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...

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

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,...

At issue in the Hiss Case was the question whether this sick society, which we...

At issue in the Hiss Case was the question whether this sick society, which we...

On that road of the informer, it is always night. I cannot ever inform against...

On that road of the informer, it is always night. I cannot ever inform against...

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...

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...

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...

The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.

The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.

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...

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

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

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.

We Communists are men on leave

We Communists are men on leave

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war...

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war...