I know that I am leaving the winning side for the losing side, but it is better to die on the losing side than to live under Communism

Quote by Whittaker Chambers

Topics: Communism Quotes, Living Quotes

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...

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,...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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 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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.

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...

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...

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...