Frases de Whittaker Chambers
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Whittaker Chambers , de verdadero nombre Jay Vivian Chambers, también conocido como David Whittaker Chambers,[1] fue un escritor y editor. Después de sus primeros años como miembro del Partido Comunista de EE.UU. y espía soviético renunció al comunismo, se convirtió en un abierto opositor a los soviets y testificó en el juicio por perjurio y espionaje de Alger Hiss. Describió ambos asuntos en su libro El testigo, publicado en 1952. Wikipedia

✵ 1. abril 1901 – 9. julio 1961

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“Yet, so strong is the hold which the insidious evil of Communism secures upon its disciples, that I could still say to someone at that time: "I know that I am leaving the winning side for the losing side, but it is better to die on the losing side than to live under Communism."”

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Whittaker Chambers Witness

Fuente: Witness (1952), p. 25

“Lenin was a Great Russian peasant et rien de plus, mais r-r-rien de plus. Oh yes, he was a dialectician, the only true one among them. But most of all he was a Russian and that is to be a peasant.”

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Whittaker Chambers

Fuente: Notes from the Underground (1997), p. 274

“He was a Southerner with the fine abandon some Southerners have about firearms and related matters. "Well, sir," he said with immense pleasure, "you've bought the right gun. Just hold it in front of you, squeeze the trigger, and, brother, it will be fay-ya-you-well."”

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Whittaker Chambers Witness

Fuente: Witness (1952), p. 58