Quotes of People in Your Nation Mk. VI

[Great Manchukuo]

"You have a choice, General. Your stripped down army can join my stripped down militia that calls itself an army and together we can try and beat back the Soviet Union, or you can take all of your men and run back to the southern tip of Korea, where the Imperial Japanese Navy can no longer save you, and watch as the Soviets overrun the vastness of this land that you have defended and we have built up over these last years of the decade and four years that has been this nation's formative years. Your choice, sir?" - The Kwantung Emperor in conversation with the commanding officer of the Japanese army in Manchuria, they stayed and fought and to the surprise of many, blunted the Soviets enough to force a ceasefire and proper instrument of surrender.

[Star Trek America]

"I weep for Democracy, for the Republic, this day." - King Charles IV on recent elections in l'Amerique, who as a powerless figurehead, can do nothing.

"I lost to an ultranationalist fuckwad who wants to drag us back to the era of imperialism. How do you think I feel about it?" - Former First Minister Daniel Martel on First Minister Corentin Villeneuve whose government is comprised primarily of members of the Parti nationaliste or Nationalist Party, a hard right-wing party comprised of racist imperialistic warmongers whose supporters in the population range from perfectly normal people to racist bigots themselves.

[Vistora]

"Are you... serious? Did you just ask me whether or not those vacuous fucking demagogues and their mentally invalid constituencies are left or right? As if it fucking matters. The toxic shit that spews from their flapping lips is all identical at their cores, the same asinine platitudes that smother their drooling audiences in sickeningly saccharine fantasies, like flies drowned in honey. And no, amending your question to include less fucking antiquated political spectra doesn't solve the problem one fucking bit. Because the problem isn't whatever fucking corner of whatever fucking political chart they squat like shitting toads on. The problem is them, and the sentiment they engender. Raw emotion, the fucking popular powder keg as it is, fuels their support, and they're the ones holding the fucking matches. Flogging every tired fucking political scapegoat under the shining fucking sun to whip up the passions of the masses, siphoning like nematodes off these fucking tsunamis of mind-bogglingly irrational pathos. And you wanna know what's the goddamn worst of it all? They don't compete with one another, not really. You get two or whatever fucking number of these utter blowhards and their cabals of ignorami from opposite sides of whatever fucking ideological issue is in vogue, and you wanna know what they do? They divide, polarize, segregate, and next thing you know, the partisan fury is stuck in a self-perpetuating feedback loop like some sort of sick fucking joke. A perfect fucking storm that catches people like you and me right in the middle of it all. They're all just parasites, Halicon. Every last fucking one of them."

-Segis Aran, Chief Legislator of Vistora, on one of his infamous, if not entirely uncommon, rants, commonly (yet erroneously) cited as having the highest density of f-words in any political speech in recent memory. In fact, this only takes third place, with first and second also claimed by Segis Aran.

[Las Palmeras]

"Pocahontas. Tigerlily. I used to think those were annoying and insensitive nicknames...and then I realized my Dad and I together were labeled as Custer and Bloody Knife in a photo. Bummer."
-Magda Zorilla Nagi

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"Redlocks and Daughter nearly killed by elves and orcs led by self-proclaimed dark lord. King's 2nd Mounted Rifle Regiment forced to temporarily retreat in savage lands."
-Newspaper headline from an alternate dimension in the 1870s

[Serenvia]

Estonians, Finns, and Serenvians looked at the horror of Polish and Czech violating people's mouths with excessive consonants and decided that vowels were to be used ad nauseam.

... I'm trying to be funny don't be rude.

―Foreign Minister Maria Seberen

[Indecent Anime Empire]

"Its hard to compare Indecent Anime Empire to any place known to man but if i had to; I'd say Indecent Anime Empire is most like the internet. It's full of un-comprehensible features yet also full of useful information..... though at the same time it has a lot of porn and hentai at every turn or corner, which isn't bad but its not the good either." - quote taken from a random poll taker

[Star Trek America]

"I rigged no district, I undermined no polling station, I intimidated no voter. This is democracy, whether you like it or not." - First Minister Corentin Villeneuve

[Serenvia]

If the people of a nation are desperate, expect it to manifest in demagoguery.

―Albert Kiril, General Secretary of Eco Alternative and former mayor of Vandeis-Kunikseker

[Hammer Britannia]

¨I am a bird¨
-A mental institution escapee.

[Fatatatutti]

"In the beginning it was the Hammer, Sickle, and Brush, representing workers, farmers, and academia respectively. Funny how they forget that. Intellectuals are a threat to Socialist states."

-- Julissa Hickman, Citizen.

"Watch me worry."
-- Harlan Escrow, Ph.D., former Prime Minister of Fatatatutti and current Chancellor of Fatatatutti University (FU)

[Saunrea]

"[Kontinovadi-Akiramorese] Futurism is nothing more than an edgy teen's political experiment with communofascist egalitarian agonocracy - yet it comes at expense of a people, using them as lab rats. Such levels of depravity is our true motive for combat against this dangerous degeneration of governance."
-Hwon Kirung

"A people is forever free from slavery once complete self-sufficiency of both material and spirit has been achieved."
-Tan Ha-ri

[Oroloo]

OoC: ... Never setup making them puppets, Senyosu.

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"... William, you're a man of faith, yes?"

"... Did I imply anything otherwise?"

"No. I- ... Do you ever wonder what it'll be like? When we die?"

"I pray that my name is worthy of being written on the Eternal Wall, and that the Three speak my name with pride every time they gather to honour their faithful for their service."

"That doesn't answer my question. What do you think it will look like when... When our souls burn out?"

"... Don't think about these things. They drive men to dark things."

"You can't just ignore it! We cease to exist!"

"Val, I am under no obligation to speak of these things."

"... It scares me."

"..."

"Really, it does. I- ... William. I'm a bad person."

"Val, you're-"

"No! I killed people, lied, cheated, stole- everything in the fucking book! It's why I ran from the Magisters, I realized how scrambled my mind was and- ... I don't think one life will be enough to make up for it all. I wish I could go to Leto's forge, and hope that I can live a million more lives to redeem myself. But this is it! All I have left are seven- six years to make up for all of it! I... I'm trying to atone. I don't want to give up- I can't give up, I've done too much evil to give up, but... I just want a fail safe, a plan B, a... A life after this one, to make up for it all."

"..."

"Sorry, I-... I shouldn't have rambled like that. I'll make some tea in the morning to make up for it, eh? Heh... Goodnight, Will."

"... I understand. I- ... I understand."

"..."

"..."

"... Thank you."

"You're welcome."

- Valorea Merlith, former Magisterial Agent, and William Black, Inquisitor of the Three.

[Ashkera]

"To the contrary. The phrase 'Long Live the Fifth Empire' has spiritual significance. That state is the closest thing they have to a god."
- Bernician professor

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[Kerknia]

"Mankind, though created equal, shall determine his own place in this world. As beings, men are the same. As people, however, some are far greater than others. Take, for example, the common street urchin. This is as low a specimen of man as is available. Then take the Chief Executive Officer of a major corporation. This man worked to earn what he has. Therfore, he is greater than the lazy urchin. I am a President. I worked through my entire life to earn this position. Therefore, I am greater than most of the men around me. Including you, Senator."

-Fmr. President Hans Johannessonne, 1932-1989, speaking to obstinate Senator Robyn Dremmel, who refused to vote in favor of the Nation Defense Expansion Act of 1984.

[The Gamindustrian Union]

"I doubt you'll go to jail for converting a decommissioned corvette into a yacht, as long as you disarm it, and the money you used is from your hands."

-Cdr Jotaro Komichi, HLastN, to a billionaire

[Estainia]

"You shot down... You shot down the Baron!"

"Don't remind me, it was neither particularly chivalrous nor very knightly when I did it." - Lord Artur Yordanov, April 21, 1918, the Great War. Artur dove down from cloud-top and shredded the iconic bright red triplane before the Belkan pilot even had a chance to fight back, though he did live through the moment (and the war) he lost his leg to shrapnel damage some six months after his unit, Lancer Squadron, had been torn to shreds by the Baron's own Rot Squadron. Artur never scored another victory so famous, and never lived it down, despite only having a mere eight victories himself, of which the Baron was the eighth.

[Even Less of Mackonia]

"The tragicomedy of politics today can be summed up in the fact its the fanatics of democratic egalitarianism who speculate on whether there should be an IQ test for voting. And its the fervent opponents of liberal-democracy cheering the most vulgar expressions of democracy as the path to power."

-Zilkas Soekthar-Mesok

[Emperyo]

"Guns save people; but education saves democracies."

~President Miguel Francisco

[Even Less of Mackonia]

"Post-Truth politics means nothing less than "He's better at lying than us!"."

-Reporter.

[Libertarian Paumanok]

"Grab her by the pussy" -president of Libertarian Paumanok Dolan Fitzpatrick.

"We did not progress out of the stone age because we ran out of stones." -Nick McMahon, CEO and founder of McMahon Agritech.

"Intelligence is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting tomatoes in a fruit salad." -Sheriff O'Malley of the Riverhead County Police Department.


"Don't just shoot for the moon.... get your ass to mars!" -President Dolan Fitzpatrick.

"Your mind is the most valuable weapon that you have. Master these concepts. Alertness, Decisiveness, Aggressiveness, Coolness, Ruthlessness, Strategy, and Surprise." - General Brian McGregor of the Paumanokian Defense Force.

"A dirty bird doesn't know he can't fly" – common Paumanokian proverb

"These aren't my rules. Come to think of it. I don't have any rules." -random factory worker.

"Every time you think you've made it idiot proof, someone comes along and invents a better idiot." -Department Of Highway Safety And Infrastructure chairperson Megan O'Carrol.

"Play stupid games, win stupid prizes." -Private Keenan of the the Paumanokian Defense Force.

[Emperyo]

"..They built their empires like the Romans, so they will fall like the Romans."
~Minister of the Military Walter C. Dance

"People accuse my governance of being 'imperialist', now that the Netherlands and France are part of the Union. We gave them a choice not to join us, a plebiscite. But they said 'Yes' to a Union. Oh, and don't forget that Emperyo is a federation, so France and Netherlands appoint their Heads too. Now which of these facts point to an imperialist state? If you want to criticise this governance, spare yourself some dignity and educate yourself first."
~President Miguel Francisco

[Stormaen]

From the first ever pre-election leaders debate in Stormaen, held in 1972. Prime Minister Bill Haw and Leader of the Opposition Oliver York were discussing the economy and the increasing unemployment rate:

Haw: "The economy is recovering. I can't say there won't be any more job losses in the meantime – there probably will be as the economy adjusts – but the economy is recovering and new jobs will be created."

York: "There only needs to be one job loss for the economy to begin recovering, Mr. Prime Minister."

This debate became (in)famous for the fiery and cutting remarks both men made against one another. However, researchers (and the general public) widely agreed that York triumphed in all three debates held that pre-election season.

[Bereia]

"Watch me worry."
-- Harlan Escrow, Ph.D., former Prime Minister of Fatatatutti and current Chancellor of Fatatatutti University (FU)

"Socialist tyrannies have "intellectuals" too, Dr. Escrow, all blindly loyal to the Party Line, of course...or else. That said, I do not know you well enough to presume to question your credentials."

-- Dalton Barbosa.

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"North Korea, of all places, apparently still has the brush."
- Josu Inaki

"Indeed they do, though Juche has always sort of been its own "thing" when it comes to leftist dictatorships, and anybody who imagines North Korea has intellectuals worthy of the name honestly likely hasn't had a clue for a long time, and would do the world a service by going out today and getting one."

-- Julissa Hickman, Citizen.

[Saunrea]

"The current model of totalitarian rule in Saunrea and to an extent Wotou is just the local 'national solution' devised by renovationist organs as a method appropriate socially and culturally to unite and glue together society. It will not be inherent in every renovationist state, direct democracy can be practiced if it's an integral part of a nation's culture and society for all everyone cares, the first example you need to falsify the myth of 'inherent totalitarianism' of National Renovationism is Bica¹."
-Ton Cheng, renovationist academic and Albish-Saunrean

¹'Free/Royal Bica', better known as Schöninsel, is the only acknowledged legal representation of Bica in Saunrea and friends as well as amongst Renovationist circles; the National Federal State in power in Geiselstadt is referred to as the "illegal social democratic regime in the mainland".

[Fatatatutti]

"Watch me worry."
-- Harlan Escrow, Ph.D., former Prime Minister of Fatatatutti and current Chancellor of Fatatatutti University (FU)

"Socialist tyrannies have "intellectuals" too, Dr. Escrow, all blindly loyal to the Party Line, of course...or else. That said, I do not know you well enough to presume to question your credentials."

-- Dalton Barbosa.

"That's Mister Escrow to you. Doctor Escrow is my nephew the pediatrician. And you don't know any more about socialism than you know about me."
-- Harlan Escrow