“[T]he useful idiots, the leftists who are idealistically believing in the beauty of the Soviet socialist or Communist or whatever system, when they get disillusioned, they become the worst enemies. That’s why my KGB instructors specifically made the point: never bother with leftists. Forget about these political prostitutes. Aim higher. […] They serve a purpose only at the stage of destabilization of a nation. For example, your leftists in the United States: all these professors and all these beautiful civil rights defenders. They are instrumental in the process of the subversion only to destabilize a nation. When their job is completed, they are not needed any more. They know too much. Some of them, when they get disillusioned, when they see that Marxist-Leninists come to power—obviously they get offended—they think that they will come to power. That will never happen, of course. They will be lined up against the wall and shot.”

“I’m alone in the sky where there’s nothing to loseThe Sun’s not eternal That’s why there’s the bluesMajestical jailhouse our Joy’s in the CageHearts full of hatred will outlast my old age”

“Let us remind our leaders that there is no place for personal interests in politics.”

“Repeat a lie a thousand times and it become a successful political campaign.”

“Palestine is the anvil of our souls.”

“We have very little faith in the Lord, very little trust. If we trusted the Lord as much as we trust a friend when we ask him to do something for us, neither we as individuals nor our whole country would suffer so much.”

“You are free; you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion, caste or creed—that has nothing to do with the business of the state.”

“I don’t care what Einstein said about God not playing dice; If he exists, he’s addicted to craps.”

“I think all artists struggle to represent the geometryof life in their own way, just like writers deal witharchetypes. There are only so many stories that you cantell, but an infinite number of storytellers.”

“Some things are just like riding a bicycle; you jump on, pedal, and hope you don’t fall.”

“Normalization takes place not because there is Western-ideology that normalizes third-world texts in any special way (other than the usual play with exoticism) but because this academic seeks to domesticate everything, even Marx.”

“Profit should never come at the cost of human blood. Any government that places profit before people is pure evil.”

“The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you’ve just told them.”

“Only by showing the world the cataclysmic cost of a world divided can it appreciate the wonders of life and endless possibilities of a world united.”

“It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.”