My children, as long as you live, the shadow of the Hiss Case will brush you. In every pair of eyes that rests on you, you will see pass, like a cloud passing behind a woods in winter, the memory…

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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...

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.

The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.

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

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

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...

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...

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible

A mans spirit is free, but his pride binds him with chains of suffocation in...

A mans spirit is free, but his pride binds him with chains of suffocation in...

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education...

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education...

For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer...

For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer...

I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when facing...

I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when facing...