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Whittaker Chambers, né Jay Vivian Chambers et aussi connu comme David Whittaker Chambers , est un écrivain et éditeur américain.

Après avoir été un membre du Parti communiste des États-Unis d'Amérique et espion soviétique, il a renoncé au communisme et y est devenu un opposant sans réserve. Il a témoigné dans le procès pour parjure et espionnage d'Alger Hiss. Wikipedia

✵ 1. avril 1901 – 9. juillet 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

Source: 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

Source: 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

Source: Witness (1952), p. 58