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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
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Whittaker Chambers
Age: 60 †
Born: 1901
Born: April 1
Died: 1961
Died: July 9
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When you understand what you see, you will no longer be children. You will know that life is pain, that each of us hangs always upon the cross of himself. And when you know that this is true of every man, woman and child on earth, you will be wiser.
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In the United States, the working class are Democrats. The middle class are Republicans. The upper class are Communists.
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