Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to free itself from crime, violence, infamy, even at the cost of life. The struggle is the tragedy - not defeat or death.

Quote by Whittaker Chambers

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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.

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...