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

Quote by Whittaker Chambers

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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...

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

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.

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...

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...

The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.

The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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.

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.