The ancestors are generally only a caricature of the contemporaries, and the descendants a caricature of the ancestors. p. 127 - Alexander Zinoviev

One physicist writes a study on microphysics, but another writes a book on the importance of Lenin’s and Engels’ works for the development of physics; one mathematician proves theorems, another publishes demagoguery on ingenious mathematical ideas of classical Marxists.

There, as in the Soviet Union, we also don't like hearing the truth. p. 103

… the media lie, having monopolized moral assessments, takes the form of good while attempts to reveal it take the form of evil. Distraught demagogues manipulate the masses by promising them all kinds of earthly good, without taking into consideration the laws of history. p. 696