Quotes of people in your nation MK. IV

[Estainia]

"Life is depressing, full of grey and blue, but also it is beautiful, filled with gold and reds, green and yellow." - Tiberius Maximilian

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"Detective stories in Ancient Rome. Whimsical but amusing." - Cornelius Maximilian, on his favorite books.

"Is it just me or do English Social Services really suck?" - Roland Karling, 2008 AD, the first quote from the third book. Englishmen, don't be overly offended, it is an alternative universe after all.

[Greater Mackonia]

"Civilisations exert their will through two constantly oscillating phases. One through expansion, through mastery of geopolitical and economic spheres, of Empire building and warring, the civilisation is focused internally. The will of its great individuals is so focused on matters of money and statecraft that, generally speaking, cultural excellence grounds to a halt and art usually degenerates into Propaganda. The second is schismatic introversion. The Civilisation, usually after some fundamental loss of confidence in its traditional idols, enters a period of gloomy introspection, the economy is stagnant or depressed, the armed forces week, reconciliation is favored over belligerence. However from this crisis emerges art; great art, as the great individuals of that civilisation turn to the cultural-abstract spheres over the military-industrial. Through this renewal the Civilisation regains its confidence and embarks on a new series of expansions."

-Tseiron Azracekh, Historian.

[Las Palmeras]

"That man encompassed what was believed to be the worse aspects of your stereotypical American...reckless, provocative, coldly uncaring, selfish...yet, he was very much loved among his press and people mostly because 'selfish' and 'self-reliable' have a thin line. Some people were annoyed by his 'jokes' mostly because the USA was hardly ever on the receiving end of it's historical 'jokes'. He was seen as little more than a swindler by his contemporary counterparts; the then General Secretaries, Goméz and Parra, when their personal diaries were posthumously revealed. A man who was eager to criticize the Soviet butchers for that Korean plane but a man who was still suspicious about how much he actually knew of his own countries' collateral damage in terms of state sponsored terrorism and some even went as far as to blame his administration for 'unnecessary and negligent'...and some of the old Ministry of State Security loons even blamed the CIA for AIDS on a whole. His historical opposition towards various civil rights acts led to suspicions about his social policies, and how 'radical they would be'; this especially after the States' Rights thing...especially when the South was mentioned.

In any case, the left and right can argue about Donald Meagan's economic policies. What shook us historically was the fact he was taken as an 'American Brezhnev' and an all around trigger-happy man. Ironically enough, by the 1980s, the PRLP though it still acted as mediation between East and West, it's firms were rather fond of war profiteering when it came to buying companies and scraps."
-The Office Lady

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"The American South holds a special place in national paranoia...or it did at least during the Cold War.

The lynchings throughout the 19th Century and early 20th Century were used as a sort of propaganda similar to that of the Soviet rhetorical 'whataboutism' and the 'and you're lynching blacks' lines whenever the US accused us of whatever. As were a bunch of exaggerations of the extent of the 'Nazi-like' KKK's infiltration in the South and official government organizations. Used extensively were cases of actual cover-ups by local police. Though the whole point was to demonize the US even more than usual and to assure potential defectors that their fate in the Southern US was an indignant death. The 1963 Assassination of McKinsey (Kennedy) 'proved' that the 'Ultra-Right CIA and Military-Industrial Complex' were at large in the US, and that the American South was their bastion, and Pérez was serenely fond of looking on and nodding his head as Konnikov (Khrushchev) pounded on accusation after accusation that blamed the CIA. Furthermore there was the odd connection about a supposed cabal of far-right and former latifundio-owners who live in Florida.
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However the main source of hostilities was the proposal of the Golden Circle, the giant slave puppet-State made by that historically defunct Southern paramilitary organization. The proof that the South of the US had always been a proto Nazi-Germany out to conquer other lands and openly exploit their inhabitants though 'imperialism justified by reactionary racist and colonial...blah blah blah'.

Nowadays the Southern portion of the USA is the cheapest vacation destination in the US and is widely held in popular view as a land of different if-not-normal people who eat absurd portions of animal fat and deep fried food items. Not that I should know, I've only visited NY."

-The Office Lady

[Estainia]

"Did he seriously know H.G. Wells?"

"He fancied himself as a socialite, was good friends with a lot of famousish people. He knew Wells very... Well I dare say, pity that he died saving your useless arse." part of a conversation between Roland Karling and Cornelius Maximilian, 2001 AD

[Bereia]

"I loathe Progressive Liberalism for the same reason I despise any ideology the advocates of which spend their whole lives trying to control mine."

-- Julissa Hickman, Citizen.

[Las Palmeras]

"Have you seen the Coney Island burgers and...eh...'Chili dogs'? The condiments look like they were vomited out by the amusement park's attendants. The end result is actually very appetizing though."
-The Office Lady

[Estainia]

"Of course, many of my lovers were women."

"... I'm just going to go over here and wretch if you don't mind." - part of a conversation between Alistair King and Roland Karling, 1998 AD

[Auroya]

"Those that claim to passionately hate progressivism don't really understand it or what it stands for."

--- Lady Evelyn v. Crimsonstein, NMP Party Leader

[Xekliv]

"Aww yeah, nigga, I got the latest EP!"

"Hey, don't say that word! It's racist!"

"Are you black?"

"No, but--"

"Then shut up."

-- Two human citizens

[Greater Mackonia]

"I hate any creed which sees my happiness as something to be calculated."

-Z.Maglos.

[Auroya]

"Compassion forms the very building blocks of our civilization. Those whom preach the opposite of that... preach, quite frankly, the end of our civilization. It is for a reason they are not taken seriously."

--- Lady Evelyn v. Crimsonstein, NMP Party Leader

[Greater Mackonia]

"Yes I do not deny that I doubt humanity would have come far were it not for communities, but then I doubt humanity would have come far were it not for warfare, slavery and oppression either."

-Lithastir Mythurin.

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"The Victim is the God of Modernity."

-Z.Maglos.

[Estainia]

"Did you hear? The Emperor wants to start a baseball league."

"Eh, why?"

"Something about having a modern sport for the younger generation."

"Right." - Two Imperials conversing, 2018

[Vhzkalium]

"On the Day of the Deimi, the Month of Auluri, in the Year of Panaekos, we stand here for trial against Alphonse Deducat, for the crimes of heresy and treason.

How do you plead?"

"GO TO HELL, YOU FU-"

*muffled screaming*

"Your plead has been overturned. In the name of Vhazya, you will be executed, and your family will be confined to the prison world of Abaridi for the rest of their lives.

You've made a mistake that you cannot correct, Mister Deducat."

Vhzkali war judge and a captured Terran-Vhzkali

[Las Palmeras]

"Yes, it looks pretty, but it weighs less. Think for a second, Son! Read the labels. The chocolate bar is more convenient for you."
-Montserrat Zorilla, to José Zorilla, (1990)

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"Are you sure you want that career? An accountant? You're good at numbers, but it's going to be constant office work and little appreciation, be it in a big bank or as a CPA. Is this really what you want? You're more assertive, you should get a more fitting job. You'll be really popular with the ladies."
-Montserrat Zorilla, to José Zorilla,(2002)

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"If you ended up with a foreigner at least it could have been a pretty one. She's only 1.48 meters tall, she looks sickly. I've heard of pale Japanese people, but not clammy and grey ones...Don't her eyes slant too much?"
-Montserrat Zorilla, to José Zorilla (2010)

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"Everyone calls me Rat in class. There's nothing I can do about it. I know, I look sick. I always look sick. But my eyes remain dark, so I can't be sick...and...and...and if you see my hands you'll notice that they're always red compared to the rest of me. In class, I always make squeaking noises...but...but...it's my breathing."
-Tomoko Nagi (2005)

[Amury]

"The only progress I agree with is technological progress, anything else only brings in upheaval, violence, and strife the likes of the old revolution."
~ Nicholas Georgioryvich Tarborov, head of the Tarborov noble family

[Auroya]

"It is a rather unfortunate, and rather repulsive, characteristic of most monarchies that they are conservative and opposed to progress."

--- Empress Julia Gloria Alexandria II

[Wisconsin9]

I JUST! WANT! TO CHECK! MY! FUCKING! EMAIL!—Unknown, when told to change their password to something with at least fifteen characters, including uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols, with no two identical characters next to each other, and requiring address, three security questions, phone number, cell phone number, no less than two alternate emails, blood type, and an emergency contact if any character was included more than twice.

[Russkaya Imperiya]

"Oh, you've no idea how many angry letters we receive from the church and devout citizens alike about our excessive liberal policies and how it will "damn the entire nation to hell" and how "Being secular directly contradicts tradition and the Russian way of life!". I do take the time to read these letters, and I also take the time to right back and tell them of the unfortunate fate they all would have met had we not become accepting of other cultures and of all of the classes."
-Tsar Alexei Romanov II

"Honestly, if you find us still existing a shock, you'll be even more shocked as to whom our first Prime Minister was..."
-Radoslav Matveev, Russian Radical and destroyer of the fourth wall.

[The Torentine Empire]

"Do you want these idiotic irreligious BASTARDS running the country, PERSECUTING our God given rights? NO! Do you want them to destroy our hope and our happiness? NO!

FIGHT THE OPPRESSORS! WE MUST PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS OF WORSHIP AND SPEECH! WE MUST PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS OF EDUCATION AND WELFARE!

WE MUST STAND UP!"

Christian Alexander D. Hamyltov, prior to decimating a pro-atheist riot of five thousand with thirty thousand Christians, without any police involvement.

The Christians successfully "resolved" the situation before having the pro-atheists riot with police.

[Bojikami]

"Do you want these idiotic irreligious BASTARDS running the country, PERSECUTING our God given rights? NO! Do you want them to destroy our hope and our happiness? NO!

FIGHT THE OPPRESSORS! WE MUST PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS OF WORSHIP AND SPEECH! WE MUST PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS OF EDUCATION AND WELFARE!

WE MUST STAND UP!"

Christian Alexander D. Hamyltov, prior to decimating a pro-atheist riot of five thousand with thirty thousand Christians, without any police involvement.

The Christians successfully "resolved" the situation before having the pro-atheists riot with police.

"2edgy4me"
-Antoni Belinksy

[The Torentine Empire]

"Do you want these idiotic irreligious BASTARDS running the country, PERSECUTING our God given rights? NO! Do you want them to destroy our hope and our happiness? NO!

FIGHT THE OPPRESSORS! WE MUST PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS OF WORSHIP AND SPEECH! WE MUST PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS OF EDUCATION AND WELFARE!

WE MUST STAND UP!"

Christian Alexander D. Hamyltov, prior to decimating a pro-atheist riot of five thousand with thirty thousand Christians, without any police involvement.

The Christians successfully "resolved" the situation before having the pro-atheists riot with police.

"2edgy4me"
-Antoni Belinksy

"It's 3edgy5me, you basic prat. Ugh!"

Smut-reading hipster Torentine

[Amerikians]

"What the hell kind of American are you? Tea time, biscuits, that's not American, it's British!"

"The civilised kind you fucking wanker." - part of a conversation between a multiversal traveler and Bob Newhart.

Tea is more popular than coffee and tea time is a vestige of Great Britain's days of rule of I haven't mentioned it before.

[Xekliv]

"...And when I look into this crowd, I see nothing but basic, skinny bitches!"

-- Octavia Marr giving a speech

"...You know you still have it on, right?"

"¿Qué?"

-- Las Mantis, an imperial luchador, on a date at a fancy restaurant

[The Torentine Empire]

- The Final Pages from Hector A. Alpaseto, who was writing about "It" before his brutal disembowelment on June 29th, 2006 in his apartment in Victoria.

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"So...he died..."

"Disembowelment. It does NOT seem like suicide. Arteries were not flowing when the incisions happened."

"Homicide?"

"Has to be."

Two anon. detectives about Hector's suicide