"Every person must have his own opinion, but he must also be prepared to change it when the Party demands it."

"No one can be a true revolutionary without being a deeply convinced atheist."

"The Party is the leading and guiding force of Soviet society."

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

"To choose one's victims, to prepare one's plans minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then to go to bed... there is nothing sweeter in the world."