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.


Witness (ed. Regnery Publishing, 2014) - ISBN: 9781621573760

Whittaker Chambers Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...