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.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

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...

The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.

The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.