"... to foster the struggle for free emigration to Israel to all Soviet Jews who desired this, and to awaken the Jewish consciousness of Soviet Jews, particularly the young people, by disseminating information about Jewish culture." - Hillel Butman

"In sum, Soviet policy places the Jews in an inextricable vise. They are allowed neither to assimilate, nor live a full Jewish life, nor to emigrate (as many would wish) to Israel or any other place where they might live freely as Jews" - The Status of Jews in the Soviet Union, Moshe Decter