Quote by Whittaker Chambers
A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose l

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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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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If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man. – Matthew Simpson

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The language of faith is crucial because it affords human beings the privilege of intimacy with the ultimate. – Michael Eric Dyson

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Faith, sir, we are here today, and gone tomorrow. – Aphra Behn

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Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for us today, for then Abraham and the other prophets would not have given assent to those things which were revealed to them from God without any intervening help of the church. – William Ames

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We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better. – Kofi Annan

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