"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."

"Print is the sharpest and most powerful weapon of our Party."

"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."

"In the land of the Soviets, every citizen has the right to work, rest, and education. But these rights are meaningless if the enemies of the people are allowed to undermine them."

"Gratitude is a dog's disease."