A man is not primarily a witness against something. That is only incidental to the fact that he is a witness for something.
Whittaker ChambersOn a scale personal enough to be felt by all, but big enough to be symbolic, the two irreconcilable faiths of our time - Communism and Freedom - came to grips in the persons of two conscious and resolute men.
Whittaker ChambersThe chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power.
Whittaker ChambersTrue wisdom comes from the overcoming of suffering and sin. All true wisdom is therefore touched with sadness.
Whittaker ChambersFreedom is a need of the soul, and nothing else. It is in striving toward God that the soul strives continually after a condition of freedom. God alone is the inciter and guarantor of freedom. He is the only guarantor. External freedom is only an aspect of interior freedom. Political freedom, as the Western world has known it, is only a political reading of the Bible. Religion and freedom are indivisible. Without freedom the soul dies. Without the soul there is no justification for freedom. Necessity is the only ultimate justification known to the mind.
Whittaker Chambers