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Whittaker Chambers quotes

American Writer April 1, 1901 – July 9, 1961

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Whittaker Chambers quote: "I do not know any way to explain why God's grace touches a man..."
I do not know any way to explain why God's grace touches a man who seems unworthy of it. Whittaker Chambers
Whittaker Chambers quote: "The Communist vision is the vision of man without God."
The Communist vision is the vision of man without God. Whittaker Chambers
On that road of the informer, it is always night. I cannot ever inform against anyone without feeling something die within me. I inform without pleasure, because it is necessary. Whittaker Chambers
The reality cuts across our minds like a wound whose edges crave to heal, but cannot. Thus, one of the great sins, perhaps the great sin, is to say: It will heal; it has healed; there is no wound. There is nothing more important than this wound. Whittaker Chambers
I know that I am leaving the winning side for the losing side, but it is better to die on the losing side than to live under Communism. Whittaker Chambers
Whittaker Chambers quote: "The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian..."
The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power. Whittaker Chambers
Whittaker Chambers quote: "Human societies, like human beings, live by faith and die when..."
Human societies, like human beings, live by faith and die when faith dies. Whittaker Chambers
At issue was the question whether this man's faith could prevail against a man whose equal faith it was that this society is sick beyond saving, and that mercy itself pleads for its swift extinction and replacement by another. Whittaker Chambers
Whittaker Chambers quote: "It taught me that . . . there can be no true humility and no..."
It taught me that . . . there can be no true humility and no true compassion where there is no courage. Whittaker Chambers
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. Whittaker Chambers
Whittaker Chambers quote: "[It is b]etter to die on the losing side than to live under..."
[It is b]etter to die on the losing side than to live under communisim. Whittaker Chambers
Whittaker Chambers quote: "Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself."
Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself. Whittaker Chambers
Whittaker Chambers quote: "A man is not primarily a witness against something. That is..."
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
Whittaker Chambers quote: "In 1937, I began, like Lazarus, the impossible return."
In 1937, I began, like Lazarus, the impossible return. Whittaker Chambers

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