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

Quote by Whittaker Chambers

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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...

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...

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.

The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.

The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.

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

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

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.

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 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,...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

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...

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...

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.