Whittaker Chambers Quotes

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. - Whittaker Chambers

A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose life and faith are so completely one that when the challenge comes to step out and testify for his faith, he does so, disregarding all risks, accepting all consequences. - Whittaker Chambers

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

A man is not primarily a witness against something. That is only incidental to the fact that he is a witness for something. - Whittaker Chambers

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