Trotsky was essentially a Western mind. Lenin was a Russian, and unlike most other revolutionary exiles, wherever he went he was a Russian. Whittaker Chambers More Quotes by Whittaker Chambers More Quotes From 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 leaving winning sides The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power. Whittaker Chambers fruit war firsts Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself. Whittaker Chambers every-man crosses men It is in fact no exaggeration to say that we live in terror that Senator McCarthy will one day make some irreparable blunder that will play directly into the hands of our common enemy and discredit the whole anti-Communist effort for a long while to come. Whittaker Chambers play long hands True wisdom comes from the overcoming of suffering and sin. All true wisdom is therefore touched with sadness. Whittaker Chambers sadness wisdom suffering The satellite revolt was not sparked from the West. It was sparked by Communism itself. Whittaker Chambers satellites communism west Man without mysticism is a monster. Whittaker Chambers mysticism monsters men The Communist vision is the vision of man without God. Whittaker Chambers communist vision men In 1937, I began, like Lazarus, the impossible return. Whittaker Chambers lazarus return impossible My children, as long as you live, the shadow of the Hiss Case will brush you. In every pair of eyes that rests on you, you will see pass, like a cloud passing behind a woods in winter, the memory of your father - dissembled in friendly eyes, lurking in unfriendly eyes. Whittaker Chambers memories father children Life is not worth living for which a man is not prepared to die at any moment. Whittaker Chambers prepared life-is men 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 pleasure feelings night 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 witness men facts I see in Communism the focus of the concentrated evil of our time. Whittaker Chambers communism focus evil On 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 Chambers communism men two 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 communism facts world For in this century, within the next decades, will be decided for generations whether all mankind is to become Communist, whether the whole world is to become free, or whether, in the struggle, civilization as we know it is to be completely destroyed or completely changed. Whittaker Chambers generations struggle civilization 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 man society sick faith Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible. Whittaker Chambers freedom political reading bible
