Joseph Stalin — "The Party is the mind, honor, and conscience of our epoch."

"We need to keep our enemies guessing. Let them wonder what we are planning."

"The more rapid the development of the Soviet Union, the more furiously will the remnants of the exploiting classes rage, the more acutely will they employ their last means of struggle."

"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…"

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

"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."