At issue in the Hiss Case was the question whether this sick society, which we call Western civilization, could in its extremity still cast up a man whose faith in it was so great that he would voluntarily abandon those things which men hold good, including life, to defend it.

At issue in the Hiss Case was the question whether this sick society, which we call Western civilization, could in its extremity still cast up a man whose faith in it was so great that he would voluntarily abandon those things which men hold good, including life, to defend it.

In the United States, the working class are Democrats. The middle class are Republicans. The upper class are Communists.

True wisdom comes from the overcoming of suffering and sin. All true wisdom is therefore touched with sadness.

It is popular to call it a crisis of the Western world. It is in fact a crisis of the whole world. Communism, which claims to be a solution of the crisis, is itself a symptom and an irritant of the crisis.

The crisis of the Western world exists to the degree in which it is indifferent to God.

Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.