`Well,we’vebeenwaitingforyears……wewaitlonger。Hate’sagrowingthinglikeanythingelse。It’stheinevitableoutcomeofforcingideasontolife,offorcingone’sdeepestinstincts;ourdeepestfeelingsweforceaccordingtocertainideas。Wedriveourselveswithaformula,likeamachine。Thelogicalmindpretendstoruletheroost,andtheroostturnsintopurehate。We’reallBolshevists,onlywearehypocrites。TheRussiansareBolshevistswithouthypocrisy。’
`Buttherearemanyotherways,’saidHammond,`thantheSovietway。
TheBolshevistsaren’treallyintelligent。’
`Ofcoursenot。Butsometimesit’sintelligenttobehalf-witted:ifyouwanttomakeyourend。Personally,IconsiderBolshevismhalf-witted;
butsodoIconsideroursociallifeinthewesthalf-witted。SoIevenconsiderourfar-famedmentallifehalf-witted。We’reallascoldascretins,we’reallaspassionlessasidiots。We’reallofusBolshevists,onlywegiveitanothername。Wethinkwe’regods……menlikegods!It’sjustthesameasBolshevism。Onehastobehuman,andhaveaheartandapenisifoneisgoingtoescapebeingeitheragodoraBolshevist……fortheyarethesamething:they’rebothtoogoodtobetrue。’