Witness Quotes

“For conspiracy itself is a dull work. Its mysteries quickly become a bore, its secrecy a burden and its involved way of doing things a nuisance. The object is never to provide excitement, but to avoid it. Thrills mean that something has gone wrong. The mysterious character of underground work is merely a tedious daily labor to keep the thrills from happening. I have never known a good conspirator who enjoyed conspiracy. I have never known one who did not feel. If only I could perform one simple act simply and directly, unhampered by conspiratorial techniques. I have seldom known one who did not think: when will my term of service be up so that I can get on to something less peculiar? It is seldom up for Communists with that practical approach to its mysteries, but there are reprieves.”
― Whittaker Chambers, Witness