On that road of the informer, it is always night. I cannot ever inform against anyone without feeling something die within me. I inform without pleasure, because it is necessary.

Quote by Whittaker Chambers

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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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.

The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.

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.

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...

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

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

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 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 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...

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...

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...