Quote by Whittaker Chambers
At issue in the Hiss Case was the question whether this sick socie

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

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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

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At issue was the question whether this mans 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

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When prayer removes distrust and doubt and enters the field of mental certainty, it becomes faith and the universe is built on faith. – Ernest Holmes

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I see heavens glories shine and faith shines equal. – Emily Bronte

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Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair a narrow escape into faith. – Christopher Fry

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Society lives by faith, and develops by science. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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