"We are 50 or 100 years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in 10 years. Either we do it, or they will crush us."

"The revolution is not a dinner party, nor an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimo…"

"The struggle against deviations is a struggle against the enemies of the Party."

"Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed."

"Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs."