Quotes of People in Your Nation Mk. VI

[Aaronian]

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
-literally anyone in Aaronian ever.

"Forget that. Fix it!"
-literally anyone in Aaronian two minutes later.

[Ashkera]

"Somewhere far in space and time, beyond the distant seas of probability, we find it:
The Black Forest Country"
- overly-literal movie subtitles, 1997

"The strength of a nation begins with the strength of its people, not merely collectively, but as individuals, all must become strong that we might have a strong Ashkera."
- military official, 1934

"That logo... what does it say?"
"'All on Earth as it is in Ashkera.'"
"That's... a chilling thought."
- Obsidian Eye (American movie, 1987)

"This movie is dedicated to the brave anti-Communist fighters in Siberia."
- Granite III: Stone Unturned (American movie, 1972)

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[Imperium Centralium]

"We had to 'punish' 500 communists once. The officials said, we had to cut off their eyes, noses, tongues, and even private parts, every single one of them. We tried doing that. After a while it became too difficult to go on, one no one could stand such inhumane treatment of even a communist, for would you really torture anybody, even if they were an animal, like such? Two, it really wasn't efficient. We gave up after they were all blinded and shot them."
-Sebastian Cornelio, Centraline soldier who experienced the aftermath of the Asonian Insurrection

[Darussalam]

"We are people of a thousand colors, and will not be dyed into one." - Prince-Regent Hatim ibn al-Mutawakkil on national identity, 1968 AD, during the authoritarian Reconstruction Period. The era saw the expansion of police state and repression of foreign ideas, specifically republicanism, syndicalism, and nationalism, after the defeat of their forces in the Great Fitna (1954-1966 CE) in favor of reactionary monarchist-theocrats.

[-the Ukrainian SSR-]

"Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

"Eh? What's that, sarge?"

"Poem, you troglodyte."

"Sorry, sarge, didn't learn how to read until 2023."

"That's a damn shame."

"War an' all, sir."

"Not a sir, kid. Read more, it's good for you."

"Which poem?"

"Do not go gently."

"That the title?"

"Well actually it doesn't have a title, so people just use the first line of the poem as a sort of unofficial one."

"Ah." - Sergeant Yakiv Volkov, Private Vladylsav Hordiyenko, Ruthenian Army, Pripyat War

[Nueva San Cristobel]

"FLSC has one story I listen to with rapt attention and just a hint of fear. One of their patrols, and these boys know the jungles like the WLA knows the sands of Azadstan, is on routine patrol in the rural villages tentatively under their control or loyal to them depending on who you talk to. They come across this one village, it's deep in what used to be Zacates territory, the village, the whole goddamn village, is empty, for a given relation of the term empty there are no living beings there, nor are there bodies. But there is a veritable fucking ton of blood, soaking everything. They find precisely one person, and he just keeps muttering over and over again, El Diablo, The Devil. They actually handed him over to us, a pretty terse meeting all said and honest, and we got to talking with him, and it's important to note we're pretty sure this dude wasn't fucking with us or insane and I'll explain why at the end, and he just stuck with the same story, four hundred times. Then he burst into fire and just fucking disintegrated. By then, paranormal division had taken over and they're semi-sure a Zacates fire god had possessed the poor bastard." - Sergeant Hector Yepes, San Cristobellan Army

[Fatatatutti]

"Submarines smell like diesel fuel and explosives."
-- Amy Wu, spy

[Barboneia]

"My customers say they don't have money to buy food. But they have always money to buy some beer. That is really strange." - Tiemo Nappo, store owner in Barbone Landing.

[The Silkan]

"Zero jobs given (⌐■_■)" - Ballack Mudko-Walwark, owner of the Olmer Cartel, being the savage that he is...

[Imperivm Terrae]

"I came here to chew ass and kick bubble-gum... and I'm all out of ass. Wait... that ain't how it goes ... but still... I GON CHEW ON YO ASS YOU 'LIL B*TCH!"

- Greg, the protagonist of the indie video game Rekt Lord, released in 2367

[Karamiko]

"The irony of Cold Time: they love snow, but they hate snowflakes."
- Karamikoan talk show host on a slow news day

[Valgora]

"One time, in high school, I took some ecstasy. Only after I took it did I find out that it also contained PCP. I don't remember much of that night."
- Valgoran Fisherman and Musician

[-the Ukrainian SSR-]

"I glorify nothing of the old regime. If the last communist of the last ragged socialist state on the planet died today, I would weep tears of unrepentant joy before moving on to fan the flames of their funerary pyre." - Gen. Valshannar

[United Layfet]

"Tyranny is a plague to the people, and we are the cure." - Commander in Chief of the Layfetian Revolutionary Forces and future Executive Minister Alexander Cross when speaking of the revolution against Anbin.

[Valgora]

DB: "Shit."

DA: "What is it Draugr Baldur? Over."

DB: "The RWR isn't working. And I think I got hit by a SAM. Over."

DA: "Fuck. Are you ok?"

DB: "I think so... *explosion* SAM number 2. Engine One is out. *explosion* And there's SAM number 3. I'm still getting 700 km/h on one engine."

DA: "I recomend you RTB. Over."

DB: "Roge... *explosion* SAM number 4. Yeah. I'm going to RTB. *explosion* SAM number fucking 5. Fuck this shit. I'm RTBing. Over."

DA: "Roger that."

- Draugr Alfa and Draugr Baldur
Attack Aircraft Pilots

[Peta Kozarska Brigada]

"what happened to them- oh no surprise"
-ok

[Fatatatutti]

"Torpedo Boat 666, also known as the Hell Boat, picked its way along the shore in the pouring rain. At the wheel was Ensign Kalikimaka Jones, also known as Chrissy, the youngest commander in the Fatatatutian Navy at nineteen. She looked to her right for a moment and then reached inside her rain gear to adjust the microphone at her throat. 'Mr. Price, will you come up to the bridge for a moment please? '

"The door to the day cabin opened and the First officer stumbled out, still struggling into his rain gear.

"'About thirty degrees off the bow,' the Ensign said. 'I thought I saw a light.'

"Ensign Price peered into the darkness. 'If you can see it in this soup, they must be right on top of us.'

"'Anything on radar?'

"'Nothing but noise.'

"'Better call it in anyway.'

"'Aye aye.' Ensign Price was only too glad to get in out of the rain."

-- excerpt from a magazine article about a routine ride-along

[The State of Communism]

"Pile body upon body."
-Vulpes Inculta, now currently the Motto.

[The Longniao People]

"What is an individual without those around him? Alone, and unfulfilled." - Khok of Lak, Chief and Wiseman.

[Akiramori]

"1,050 friends now after my stream - a new high score!"
- local citizen

"I don't know, I just... feel empty all the time."
- local citizen, later

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[Zeclil]

"How would I know if I were the last person alive? Answer: I wouldn't... I guess I'd just... be it... Nobody'd know, it wouldn't matter either. If I died it'd be the same as if everyone did."
- Graham Shelfer

[-the Ukrainian SSR-]

"Love."

"Pardon?"

"There is an Imperial who states the opposite of life is not death, it is love."

"Sounds like a madman."

"You would be correct, he is quite mad, though not for that." - Private conversation between Generals Valshannr and Laberenz

[Californiae]

"I have little use for traitors who would sell their nation for a few dollars more. I sentence you to die, animals." - The Honorable James B. Harris, prior to the convictions of the heads of CST Systems, formerly a major defense contractor, for treason for attempting to sell their company and its schematics to the British Empire. They were hung without ceremony and their ashes scattered to the wind.

[Oroloo]

"Love. Love gave me a blessed mother, father and sister. Love gave me a respectable mentor. Love gave me a good friend. My family disowned me. My mentor turned his back on the Gods we served. My friend was a liar and a murderer. Yet my heart still aches for all of them despite the fact they're all dust now. Love is the ruination of human existence."

- William Black, former Inquisitor of the Three and immortal.

[Imperivm Terrae]

"My motto in life has always been 'Do not make problems of those that need not be problems'. I mean, take for example a poor person. Sure, he's in a shitty condition, but am I? Should I be concerned about him, someone I just saw, and would most likely never see again? Another thing, war. Sure, people die, but am I an innocent civilian in the front-lines, desperately hoping the shooting would stop? Exactly. Now, it can be also said like this: 'Why should I care about the world, if the world does not care about me?' Think about it, why do you try so hard to help something which would just forget about you?"

- Anon., to philanthropist and CEO Cassandra Phelps, at an accommodation programme that she organised for refugees that are fleeing the Ichoric Military, c. 2357