Quotes of People in Your Nation Mk. V

[Interstellar America]

"You'd be amazed at how well placated a mass body of people can be with garbage 'entertainment' and apt injections of free money to feed their consumerist instincts to buy cheap crap that's going to break thirty times in a day." - Propaganda Minister Joey Morrison, 2096 (he set an example for all subsequent people to hold his position).

[Greater Mackonia]

"The only thing you should think of when making any significant decision should be yourself and no one but yourself. No god, no state, no ideals and no farcical sense of 'duty'. Co-operate...if it suits your interests, be good to your family for they will continue your genes, if religion advances your interests, embrace it. However the moment any contract, ideal or doctrine tries to con you out of your justified selfishness it is to be avoided like the plague and combated like the terrorist."

-Lucius Shangzelos, Oligarch.

[Estainia]

"Maybe not the best idea to invoke the name of the person who wants to desperately murder you every time you want to use an equivalent of 'damn!', eh?" - Cornelius Maximilian, 1965

[The Yorkshire Commonwealth]

"...and that, in summation, is the 9th reason why Breloom is my 73rd favourite Pokemon.
Now on to number 74: Houndoom. Reason 1: ..."

-Town council filibuster, hour 14

[Estainia]

"I believe she was aiming for 'By God!', cousin."

"Be that as it may..." - part of a conversation between Tiberius and Cornelius Maximilian, 1965

[Greater Mackonia]

"What right does the State have to take my wealth!? You claim to be on our side Mythurin! To support the right of Great Men to live free from fear! I have laboured long and hard for my fortune and neither government arms nor false altruism will force me to abandon it!"

"There is no talent in mass marketing filth to sheep, Shangzelos."

"The Markets will not stand for it! I am the one Mack keeping the Slatari standing!"

"We have lived cowering in the shadows of the financial witchdoctors for too long, I do not care what the market thinks, every time anyone in this country attempts to get something done we are given grave warnings by the economic sorcerers that doom and gloom will follow. Well from henceforth the markets will bow to me not the other way around. If they continue to prove obstinate I will make them kneel-after all, gold makes for poor armour..."

"You are insane!"

"All greatness is touched with madness."

"Pah! What is your "Great Man" but a collection of base cravings and his yearning for their fulfillment? This precious existential angst you intellectual types harp on about is the meaningless twaddle of weaklings unable to go on and enjoy life. Man is an animal like any other and will listen more to gold and bread than fine talk and lofty notions."

"Man is an Animal only so long as he considers himself thus."

-Telephone Conversation between Lucius Shangzelos and Lithastir Mythurin.

[Bereia]

"In 1988, the cargo ship Oban left the eastern Bereian port of Castile, bound north for California with several hundred casks of raw alcohol in the holds. She was captained by Richard Flowers, a highly experienced seaman with four previous commands under his belt. She was reported overdue in California when she was two days late, and authorities in both nations began investigations, hoping to locate the missing vessel and crew as quickly as possible. They failed. Neither the ship herself, the crew, nor any sign of their fate was ever found."

-- Excerpt from The Unexplained: Disappearances, by Kevin Price.

[Las Palmeras]

"The big giant here, making incursions in South America and México; is Star (Estrella). It was State-operated until 1980, and then it was practically rented in stocks and eventually sold locally in a total manner by 1986. It has many willing buyers in Latin America; and many of it's models still use the Soviet formula learned from Lada, GAZ, and Moskvich : affordable, sturdy, easy-maintenance, and reliable even in substandard roads. This last bit is incredibly attractive to buyers in said places.

Furthermore the fact Las Palmeras is Latin American gives the impression that Star is more homely than American and European or Japanese made cars, or at least according to some public officials and some ads."
-The Office Lady

[The Yorkshire Commonwealth]

"Stop insulting our military. It is not a joke. We take it very seriously. Our navy debated long and hard before they finally decided which Pokemon to name their ship after."

"You mean ships?"

"Nope."

-Squirts Macintosh to a French friend who'd been telling jokes about the gulf in military clout between the two countries

[Greater Mackonia]

"Why do I not send my books to Sikasith? Because I fear that then Sikasith will send his books to me."

-Z.Maglos, speaking in Exile, circa. 1965.

[Auroya]

"Your 'morality' makes you weak, you would never shoot me, y-"

*BLAM*

"Your musings in the face of real danger make you weaker, terrorist scum. Don't you lecture me on morality. Oh wait, you can't."

--- Cpt. Lady Ivyne v. Crimsonstein and an insurgent

[Greater Mackonia]

"Russia is a nation destined for greatness and finding herself repeatedly thwarted by lesser men, it is no surprise that she looks for authoritarian leaders to deliver her deserved greatness."

-Z.Maglos.

[Serrian]

"Gentlemen, we are on the verge of a historic breakthrough. Only yesterday, we discovered evidence of alien life: a transmission, being broadcast from lightyears away in what we have dubbed the Origin system. The message is cryptic, yet such a breakthrough. It goes as follows:

'GIT KLEMM!'

-Serrian astrologist

[Bereia]

"No man is great who must proclaim himself so."

-- Bereian proverb.

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"If the Americans were not so cursed with feckless and indecisive leaders, Putin would not dare move as he has."

-- Secretary of State Amaya Tagliaferro.

[Senyosu]

The liberal breaks into absolutes much later than the conservative. The conservative, to be frank, starts with the absolutes before you start talking to them.

Both still break into absolutes in accordance with the circumstances of the conversation. Which is normal, since we all have even further tolerance levels that dictate our political, ideological, and world views. Openness and closedness.

Therefore, a liberal that breaks into absolutes before a conservative breaks into absolutes; is a liar and neo-conservative.

-Hyatōri Misamunē-

[The Multiversal Species Alliance]

"Life is directed motion, that is to say, since life is objectively meaningless, life must be given direction, a purpose. The purpose of the Mechanicus is Gnosis, knowledge, our direction is comprehension, our goal is to understand and comprehend all that we may."
-Garios

[Xekliv]

"It would be a shame if word of this got out. But I can... assure... that people stay tight lipped about it. All you need to do is give, say, six-hundred-thousand yen?"

"Six hundred thousand yen?! That's like a whole dollar!"

-- Canton Ripfist and a member of the Yakuza

[Ardavia]

"Let's go over what usually happens to captured soldiers in war. Let me say this first, the best you can hope for if you're captured is a quick death. Let's see, who shall we discuss first. Ah, yes. Wasteland barbarians. They tend to prefer overly brutal execution methods on captured soldiers, and there have been recorded cases of, for example, prisoners being flayed alive and left to die. Then there's the Nexus, who have this unfortunate tendency to make prisoners into test subjects for horrific bio-weapons. The Mechanocracy prefer torture and execution, and the Frenkish, well, they like brainwashing prisoners into fighting for them. As a final note, this is what we do to captured enemy soldiers. The Eviscerator cyborg. Heavily modified with cybernetics to be as deadly as possible, lobotomized and pumped full of drugs until it becomes a frenzied berserker impervious to pain, and then released in packs onto enemy camps. Brutal? Yes. Absolutely terrifying to face? Yes. Any worse than what most others do prisoners? Not really. Here, have a look of some pictures of Nexus chimeric virus victims."

~Instructor for the Guard Legions

[SuperFruitland]

"...and then the man went, 'Holy shit, dinosaurs!' and ran off into the woods..."

-Khisbin Ikazam, FNP representative for Chochiaa, during a debate on an abortion bill.

[Saurisisia]

"In the ideal Republic, beliefs, not party lines, should define you."
~ Former Joint President Cera Hayworth

[Estainia]

"Great and mighty Sunlit Lord, forgive these ones, the unclean and the gentiles, for they know not what it is that they do. Forgive them that they may rest in your great presence, that they may rest in peace and harmony, in your everlasting light." - Kadol (Priest) Gilbert von Holstein, prior to his execution, 1915

[New Frenco Empire]

"With a Republican Senate and House, what the hell is Barry supposed to do? He could use his limited presidential powers to their fullest extent, but risk the opposition calling him out as some kind of dictatorial monarch. He could also let this gridlock continue, but still risk the opposition whining about his 'weakness'. Honestly, President Obama is a better person than I, for at this point, I would have already bribed the CIA to make the troublemakers disappear and the elections go in my favor."

-Mary Sue

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"I do have some admiration for Putin. Anyone who can use their KGB talents to cook the books so much in their favor that even the entire Russian populace is deceived into thinking they like him is a testament to his skill and determination. However, Putin is a populist twit doomed to fall due to the shortsightedness that plagues all of history's great dictators."

-A young Joseph Hightower speaking of Soviet Premier Vladimir Putin (2015)

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"14/f/cali"

-An IIA agent attempting to lure in a target over the internet

[Senyosu]

To judge another while failing to judge oneself is the peak of ignorance and personal dishonesty.

-Anon-

[Estainia]

"I do not believe in great men. I believe in little men, because I believe that little men become great through the actions that define them." - Lord Sevstyan Yordanov

[The Nexus of Man]

"Test Subject named..uh...'217B221A5'. DNA testing shows a trace of Russian origin. Extremely aggressive towards auth-"

"I'LL EAT YOUR MOTHERF-"

*muffled screaming*

"...authorities. Excellent test subject for Voidpurge, strand DI-19A. Should we go?"

"Aye."

"Alright, testing now."

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anon. PURELIGHT scientists and an enemy of the state, prior to becoming a weaponized killing machine for the Nexus.