Essence Quotes by Helen Foster Snow

... one can judge a civilization by the way its treats its women.

— Helen Foster Snow

The war between the artist and writer and government or orthodoxy is one of the tragedies of humankind. One chief enemy is stupidity and…

— Helen Foster Snow

Revolution devours its own parents as well as its own children.

— Helen Foster Snow

history, like nature, has its own economy, its own balancing of forces in the final accounting. Nothing can be lost, except to awareness.

— Helen Foster Snow

To be a Marxist does not mean that one becomes a Communist party member. There are as many varieties of Marxists as there are…

— Helen Foster Snow

Freedom to think requires not only freedom of expression but also freedom from the threat of orthodoxy and being outcast and ostracized.

— Helen Foster Snow

The essence of all religion is to be willing to risk your life for a belief - not for survival.

— Helen Foster Snow