The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power.

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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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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 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...

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.

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.

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.

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible

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...

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.

Communism means barbarism

Communism means barbarism

I don't like Communism because it hands out wealth through rationing books.

I don't like Communism because it hands out wealth through rationing books.

The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.

The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.