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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Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

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

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

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

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

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...

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 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

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.

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.

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.

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

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

Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...