On a scale personal enough to be felt by all, but big enough to be symbolic, the two irreconcilable faiths of our time - Communism and Freedom - came to grips in the persons of two conscious and resolute men.

Quote by Whittaker Chambers

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Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

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...

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.

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

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,...

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.

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...

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...

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.

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...

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...

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...

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...

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.

[He's] a margarine Communist.

[He's] a margarine Communist.

Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.

Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.

The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that...

The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that...