The Commander

"The Republic of Gilead knows no bounds. Gilead is within you."

"Nature doesn't negotiate."

"She's just a function, she's not a person."

"Household is a kingdom."

"Nature demands variety, for men at least."

"You can't put a Stopit to ambition."

"The war cannot be fought by women."

"Humanity is a passing phase."

"Nothing changes instantaneously: in a gradually heating bathtub you'd be boiled to death before you knew it."

"The trouble is you can't live for five years with someone without wanting to know about them."

"I know what's really going on."

"A woman is her ovaries."

"All flesh is grass."

"Human beings don't like living in a state of uncertainty."

"Power consists of making people believe you're powerful."

"You can't build a sustainable economy on human suffering."

"The system requires my participation."

"The Handmaids are the only ones left who can reproduce"

"To be a man is to be in a state of constant combat."

"A rat in a wall makes the same sound, but is it your fault?"

"Context is all."

"It's easier than you'd think to substitute the symbol for the reality."

"Humanity is a comment"

"By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you wife and handmaid"

"The pen is envy"

"The period of greatest danger has passed."

"The absence of emotion is of no moment."