When you understand what you see, you will no longer be children. You will know that life is pain, that each of us hangs always upon the cross of himself. And when you know that this is true of every…

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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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible

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...

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...

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

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

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.

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...

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...