Edge of Eternity (The Century Trilogy, #3)

by Ken Follett

The greater their ignorance, the stronger their opinions.

“To make major demands as preconditions is just a way of avoiding negotiations. You must consider compromise.”

‘All men make mistakes,’ said the ancient Greek Sophocles. ‘But a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only sin is pride.’”

It was almost impossible for people to get at the truth in a closed society. Russians told so many lies. In the Soviet Union almost every document was deceitful: production figures, foreign policy assessments, police interviews with suspects, economic forecasts.