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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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...

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...

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

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

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.

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 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

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...

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

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,...

The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.

The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.

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 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...