Quotes of people in your nation MK.III

[Auzkhia]

"No, I won't give you or your stupid children a ride."
-A rather annoyed Auzkhian pony to a foreign human tourist.

[Ruridova]

"So now that we've agreed that the Earth is warming naturally(a process no doubt being aided by the massive levels of carbon dioxide humanity pumps out), our next point of contention is the concept that it is not a threat because it is slow. Droughts can last for years, and are not any less threatening because of it. But this isn't a lack of water, this is a possible rise in sea level, so what could go wrong?
Easy. Let's go to a Cydysa hit by global warming.
A great many scientists believe that the sea level could rise several feet this century; we'll go with a generic scale, that the sea will rise 10 feet every fifty years. This is a high-ish number according to scientists- some estimate as low as five feet in 100 years- but we'll go with 10 feet every half-century.
So, for our tour, we'll go west to east, starting in Eastminster and ending in Ealford, covering central Cydysa and most of what people associate with the city.
Now- beginning in 2050, with a 10 foot sea level rise, let's look at the big tourist sites, shall we? Maybe tour the government areas before heading over to Larkhall to see Waterloo Station and the Cydysa Eye, crossing them across the River Hexham into Fengate, back across the river to Dulham, and then onto Ealford.
So, after passing by the high-and-dry Saundringham Palace, we head over to Whitehall and the Houses of Parliament and Eastminster Abbey on the banks of the Hexham. And they all look pretty dry.. except the road that runs past Parliament, Abdington Bank Road, is under for about 750 feet, the water having flooded the Alexandra Tower Gardens. But that's not too much, the area still functions, right?
So because we can't get to Lambeth Bridge we have to take Eastminster Bridge, which would have been more convenient anyways, and here we see trouble. Waterloo Station is dry, but, well, the Cydysa Eye is closed because there's no way to access it without swimming. Darn.
So we start heading towards the bridges we could take to Fengate, preferably the Millenium since that's pedestrians only, and we're having a bit of a time getting there without swimming. The bridges are dry, but there's a ring of flooding going from Hopton Road to Kensington Lane back near Eastminster, in fact, most of Larkhall and much of inland Dulham are rather soggy right now- strangely the banks are still dry. Funny world, eh?
Anyways, taking the elevated highway we can stay above water long enough to safely get to Fengate, where everything is very dry. Saint Peter's Cathedral, 30 Saint Mary's Axe, the Tower of Cydysa and Tower Bridge... so let's head back towards Dulham to see the tallest building in Cydysa and the Country, the Cydysa Shard.
Which is doing fine. But the Cydysa City Hall down on the banks of the Hexham is now an island in the Hexham. Hmm.
So now we go for a bit towards where the 2012 Olympics were hosted, to see the O2. And on the other side of the Hexham, Deptford is pretty much submerged, the skyscrapers poking out. In fact, on this side of the river in Ealford, the O2 is a very large, white island.
Well... hm. That's not good, but, well, it's livable, now isn't it?
So let's go to 2200. 20 feet higher.
Now, by this point Saint Charles' Park is under water, including the central feature of the park, Saundringham Palace and the Alexandra Memorial, meaning that the Royal Family has evacuated Cydysa. So getting on a boat, we can get through the park and take a lovely little tour of the canals of Eastminster. At this point Whitehall, Eastminster Abbey, and the Palace of Eastminster are one or more islands, and boating up Abdington Bank Road for a bit we get to Trafalgar Square, where water is lapping up around the Column. So now we can simply sail from the canals into the Hexham to see the Cydysa Eye, strangest of islands, and the looming roof of Waterloo Station. So, obviously the station won't work as a station any more, but, hey, we can take shelter on the roof?
So again we start heading to Fengate, on a nice little gondola this time, and Larkhall and Dulham are pretty effectively under the Hexham. Sorry, anybody living in a full two inner districts of Cydysa. Oh, and if you look to your right, you can see the tower of what used to be the Cydysa Modern Art Museum. I hope there wasn't anything.. too valuable... in there.
But at least, we see as we disembark, that Saint Peter's Cathedral is dry, that the business area of Fengate is dry. The Tower of Cydysa, Tower Bridge, and the Shard are all, well, closed due to water damage.
So now the Hexham flares into a nice little inlet as we head towards the O2 Island and from here all you can really see is open ocean out to the east.
Now, that's only twenty feet and only one, maybe two if you count Isling Circus, districts of central Cydysa are even intact following a 20 foot rise in sea level. Now keep in mind that the capital of the province I run, Ijroojerdam, is even lower- the city's entirely inundated after a 10 foot rise, excluding about three blocks in the very center of what's called "On the Dam", that is, the dam on the River Ijroojer for which the city is named. That's not much for 11 million people. And at 20 feet? The city is rows upon rows of rooftops. Nothing more.
But by 20 feet, 14 provinces with their capitals on or near the coasts have lost them partially or wholly. For those of you who can't count, that's 14 out of 22, which is a majority. By that time, at least one province, Meerselen, has basically ceased to exist, other than a small inland bit that's lightly populated compared to the rest of the province. If the sea level rises, 6 out of Ruridova's ten largest cities will be flooded.
70 percent of this nation's population lives on the water, and 80% of its trade is on water. But sea level rise will have other problems.
One, it will correspond to a rise in temperature- slowly, crops will stop growing in their current areas and start growing further north. The salt water will begin to fill in aquifers, leaving them unsuitable for use for growing crops or raising livestock, or human use, without desalinization.
And we're only talking about one nation.
But what about the nations that couldn't afford the things Ruridova can? One of the regions of Ranistan, a region with a population of 500 million, is in the same situation as Meerselen Province- except Meerselen only has a population of 31 million. Nations afflicted by chronic poverty would be hit even worse.
And despite all these effects, global warming is either dismissed as hokum(by the same people who dismiss evolution and the big bang and germ theory, and for much the same reasons) or used as a can to kick down the road. All we seem to be able to do about it is squabble. Which is bad, because it means we're not working on solving the problem, or slowing it down. And if human history is any sign, then Meerselen Province will already be flooded, inner Cydysa already abandoned, 14 provinces without capitals, 59 million people evicted from six cities alone, not counting hundreds of other cities, or any other nation, only Ruridova, when we finally realize that plugging our fingers in our ears will not make it go away."
- Governor of Meerselen Province and chairwoman of the Green Party Margaretha van Zwarte

[Luziyca]

"The countries where global warming has the worst effects tend to be communist nations. I wonder why... Oh right, it is because of their policies!"
-an oil magnate from Luziyca

[Bojikami]

"We banned the oil industry after the Okhotsk oil spill, most of our cars are purely electric or if not, diesel."
-Bojikamiian Citizen

[Saurisisia]

"We have passed." ~ Gen. Augustus Madine after his Seventh Army took the positions around the Huckleberry River, responding to the Vulpinians' boasts of "none shall pass the Huckleberry" which was the barrier between the wartorn south and the populous heartland in the center of the Vulpinian nation; the attack across the river paved the way for the Vulpinians' defeat in 1918

[Auzkhia]

"We have passed." ~ Gen. Augustus Madine after his Seventh Army took the positions around the Huckleberry River, responding to the Vulpinians' boasts of "none shall pass the Huckleberry" which was the barrier between the wartorn south and the populous heartland in the center of the Vulpinian nation; the attack across the river paved the way for the Vulpinians' defeat in 1918

"Wir sind vergangen." (We have passed). General Sieg Glück Freiherr von Heldendorf responding to Field Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain's words “Ils ne passeront pas!”. (They shall not pass) after the Auzkhian victory at Verdun in 1916

[Greater Mackonia]

"My soft-skinned friend, you misunderstand, Mackonia has never been a stable country"

Taitur Isklendarr Mackonian philosopher, on the claim that monarchy provides stability.

[Dhelpratia]

"We have passed." ~ Gen. Augustus Madine after his Seventh Army took the positions around the Huckleberry River, responding to the Vulpinians' boasts of "none shall pass the Huckleberry" which was the barrier between the wartorn south and the populous heartland in the center of the Vulpinian nation; the attack across the river paved the way for the Vulpinians' defeat in 1918

"Wir sind vergangen." (We have passed). General Sieg Glück Freiherr von Heldendorf responding to Field Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain's words “Ils ne passeront pas!”. (They shall not pass) after the Auzkhian victory at Verdun in 1916

"Siamato kaluarhen." (literally, "We passed.")
- supposedly said by then-Khativ(or grand prince) of Spenhalvia and later Rebretihit(or king) of Vulpinia Dhelprater Renhardi in 921 following his victory at the Battle of Durrhesmo against his principal rival, Khativ of Couredhu Qericep Etterifhe; Qericep had boasted that none of his rivals would be able to pass his army in Durrhesmo

[Bojikami]

"Wir sind vergangen." (We have passed). General Sieg Glück Freiherr von Heldendorf responding to Field Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain's words “Ils ne passeront pas!”. (They shall not pass) after the Auzkhian victory at Verdun in 1916

"Siamato kaluarhen." (literally, "we passed")
- supposedly said by then-Khativ(or grand prince) of Spenhalvia Dhelprater Renhardi in 921 following his victory at the Battle of Durrhesmo against his principal rival, Khativ of Couredhu Qericep Etterifhe; Qericep had boasted that none of his rivals would be able to pass his army in Durrhesmo

"Мы прошли."
-Demitri Kasparov after Bojikamiian and Soviet Soldiers passed the German defensive at the Elbe.

[Ruridova]

"Siamato kaluarhen." (literally, "we passed")
- supposedly said by then-Khativ(or grand prince) of Spenhalvia Dhelprater Renhardi in 921 following his victory at the Battle of Durrhesmo against his principal rival, Khativ of Couredhu Qericep Etterifhe; Qericep had boasted that none of his rivals would be able to pass his army in Durrhesmo

"Мы прошли."
-Demitri Kasparov after Bojikamiian and Soviet Soldiers passed the German defensive at the Elbe.

"We have passed the Iron Curtain, it seems."
- then-Prime Minister Elect Carlos Navarra following the referendums that led to the annexations of what were then the independent states of Hevizaton and Cariticia

[Greater Mackonia]

Xvi svi-Khalzi

-We did not, Colonel Astrial Kreth during the "battle" of Sterkvelso, where striking workers famously told the loyalist militias trying to relieve the besieged imperial forces "you shall not pass".

Unlike what seems to be every other person in the multiverse who holds this claim, they stuck true to this comment.

[Xekliv]

"Watch yourself around him. They say he can draw his gun faster than his shadow."

-- Xeklivian cantina bartender on Boris Drago

[Greater Mackonia]

"For all your lofty words, legal knowledge, intellectual reputation, ideological virtue and charismatic speeches, you are not the one with the tanks outside"

-Sikasith, during the 1970 coup.

[Issedonesia]

"We make no reservations to say that our ways are fitting for everyone when they are not. Stick to your own ideals, and don't try to emulate others." - High King Duncan Macloud

[Massena]

"I wish to take a moment to point out to you, Senator, that under the Safe Harbors Act, any sapient non-human being who lawfully seeks asylum in this Republic is to be allowed entry, and that a request for extradition in such a case is generally refused unless a competent investigation uncovers sufficient reason to do otherwise. That you find these people "creepy" is not sufficient reason under the law, thought it may well be sufficient reason for somebody else to be sitting in that seat after the next elections."

~ Senator Peter Blair, speaking to Senator Allen Cope on the issue of permitting non-humans to seek asylum in the Republic.

[New Frenco Empire]

"Second Amendment vs. Drone strike. Just face it, no matter how many guns you illegally accumulate, no petty 'citizen's revolt' could work on a modern battlefield. This isn't 1776."

-Colonel Isaac Dunes, before executing a Patriot insurgent

[Vaxon]

"This game... This game really digs deep."

- Vaxonian, commenting on "Beyond: Two Souls".

[Dainer]

"Reality is a harsh mistress, but it's the only one we have." - Enver Ganteigan, scientist and philosopher

[Auzkhia]

"Life is the ultimate abusive relationship. She is a nightmare, but you are too scared to leave her."
-A rather philosophical Auzkhian.

[Saurisisia]

"It's not our ability to succeed in the event of a revolt that matters, it's the potential capability to revolt if we are forced to. But only if we are forced to by a government that would be so depraved as to silence any opposition regardless of how violent they truly are."
~ Heinrich Kessel, member of the United Defenders of Weapons Rights League

[Dhelpratia]

"The government cannot defend us against those who follow the ideology of proletarian communism; thus we must do so ourselves. We will destroy the communists and the crumbling regime, and build a government that will endure."
- Zatistail Natarro, President of the Dhelpratian National Allied Guard(DNAG/DKAR), the "Dhelpratian Fascist" militant group founded in 2003

"So far, this land had remained clear of the plague known as fascism... this, it seems, is no longer the case."
- Lavdrino Muzadetto, Premier of the People's Liberation Army of Dhelpratia(PLAD/NKUD), the "Proletarian Communist" militant group

"It is this ongoing war that is the greatest threat to Dhelpratia."
- a soldier in the National Dhelpratian Republican Army(NDRA/KDRU)

"Oh you have got to be fucking kidding me."
- Consul Lekatte Njiriza, on an instance where forces from the DNAG and the PLAD briefly ceased fighting each other to attack the NDRA

[Wisconsin9]

"Oh you have got to be fucking kidding me."
- Consul Lekatte Njiriza, on an instance where forces from the DNAG and the PLAD briefly ceased fighting each other to attack the NDRA

A bit like the early days of our civil war, actually. Various opposition groups banding together to topple the oppressive corrupt government, then after quickly disposing of them turning on each other and starting one of the most brutal bloodbaths in North American history.—Radomir Sokoloff, CSW historian.

[Las Palmeras]

"People are really philosophical today...normally I'm the only one making petty existentialist commentary. Weird."
-The Office Lady

[Chaymoor]

"Did you say war? I like war." - Lewis Hunderson, Captain General of the Dictatorship of Chaymoor

[Ruridova]

"Oh you have got to be fucking kidding me."
- Consul Lekatte Njiriza, on an instance where forces from the DNAG and the PLAD briefly ceased fighting each other to attack the NDRA

A bit like the early days of our civil war, actually. Various opposition groups banding together to topple the oppressive corrupt government, then after quickly disposing of them turning on each other and starting one of the most brutal bloodbaths in North American history.—Radomir Sokoloff, CSW historian.

"Here, there is no good. The republicans are corrupt; the fascists are cruel; the communists are murderous; the monarchists are impressive. We the Vulpines have given up; good governance, it seems, is our greatest weakness."
- unknown Dhelpratian citizen