"Human societies, like human beings, live by faith and die when faith dies."
― Whittaker Chambers
Topic(s):
Faith
More From Whittaker Chambers
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
More In Faith
- "To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance."― Eric Hoffer
- "My faith helps me understand that circumstances don’t dictate my happiness, my inner peace."― Denzel Washington
- "With the other fellow actors who have gone astray, I think it’s sad that society wants to label the business as doing this to people. It’s really not true."― Tina Yothers