It was necessary, temporarily, to limit certain requirements, accumulate necessary means, strain forces. We acted precisely in this way and built a socialist society.

You know, they are fooling us, there is no God.

Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.

The production of souls is more important than the production of tanks.... And therefore I raise my glass to you, writers, the engineers of the human soul.

Education is a weapon the effect of which is determined by the hands which wield it, by who is to be struck down.

We built [socialistic society] for the sake of real personal liberty, liberty without quotation marks.

Ours is a just cause; victory will be ours!