Human Societies, Like Human Beings, Live By

Experience Had Taught Me That Innocence Seldom Utters Outraged Shrikes. Guilt Does. Innocence Is A Mighty Shield, And The Man Or Woman Covered By It, Is Much More Likely To Answer Calmly: 'my Life Is Blameless. Look Into It, If You Like, For You Will Find Nothing.' That Is The Tone Of Innocence.

Innocence Seldom Utters Outraged Shrieks. Guilt Does.

... My Century.. Is Unique In The History Of Men For Two Reasons. It Is The First Century Since Life Began When A Decisive Part Of The Most Articulate Section Of Mankind Has Not Merely Ceased To Believe In God, But Has Deliberately Rejected God. And It Is The Century In Which This Religious Rejection Has Taken A Specifically Political Form.

A Man Is Not Primarily A Witness Against Something. That Is Only Incidental To The Fact That He Is A Witness For Something.

On That Road Of The Informer, It Is Always Night. I Cannot Ever Inform Against Anyone Without Feeling Something Die Within Me. I Inform Without Pleasure, Because It Is Necessary.