Quotes of People in Your Nation Mk. VI

[Byzantium Imperium]

"I lament very little about our illustrious culture. However, there are times I almost regret the fasces lictoriae, if only because of seething morons who've adopted it for their own retarded purposes. Only almost, though." - People's Tribune Canus Vitellius Marinus

[Imperivm Terrae]

"When you're at war with a galactic power you rekt in your previous war, but they just rebuilt a million ships from scratch like 20 years ago, and the other galactic superpower starts to flood both of you with literally a trillion mindless troops that kill everything they see."


- Internet meme about the Terran Imperium

[Patrickberri]

Oops! Just committed genocide!

[Californiae]

"While it is fundamentally true that the vast majority of Californians speak Britannic, the vast majority of us also have at the very least a passing conversational understanding of Navajo. Yeah, you multiversals can laugh now at the fact the secret language of some of our equivalence isn't so secret here. The answer to that? We just used another one, because California is a very big place, and a lot of people live here, who have never had their language heard by non-Californians. Down south you also find plenty who speak of all things, Zhongren or Sunese, and yes, there's a fair share of Cristobellan." - Fredrick Wilson, Citizen on the intricacies of Californian tongues.

We used Shoshoni instead, for those wondering.

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"Of the most decorated units of the Federated States Army the number of which is thirty three, twenty seven are National Guard. So maybe you just want to rethink how you feel about us weekenders." - Second Lieutenant Gary Salas, F.S.A.

[Estainia]

"People who make jeers and jests at my divination teacher should keep something in mind. She does not drink to See. She drinks because she Sees." - Cornelius Andius, on faculty troubles at the Academy.

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"Disregarding that we're nearly a magocracy, even if a mage secluded himself from the 'normal' world on a voluntary basis and only associated with other, fellow magi, he'd inevitably find himself affected by the laws and statutes passed by the 'normal' government, as they affect all the peoples of the nation. The veil, or the masquerade or whatever else the British call it is bullshit for a simple reason, at the end of the day. The Minister of Magic still reports to the Prime Minister so what the hell is the point in hiding, again?" - Arthur Kerrain, Professor of Astral Mechanics at the Academy

[Las Palmeras]

"Stars and crescent moons in unnatural colors, Rising Suns borrowed from Japanese paper-trash, sketching of Las Menina or the Gioconda sticking out like clumsy photos and being signaled out in print similar to a Coca-Cola advert. Adverts, they think adverts are art! Their civil wars and the war with the USA must have damaged their minds."
-Juan Manuel Pérez Ruiz, Spanish art historian, 1900

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"Transcendence is the key word here. All the critics say it's not profound, that it's not transcendent- but what do the Academies of the Old World know? What common person has heard of Brunelleschi or Winkelmann? The high-browed want meaning to deny meaning to everything else that can be used to form memories. Why settle for one masterpiece where there can be millions? There's no point in having any memory if it won't be shared, information exists to be shared. Culture is the basic technology to share memory, and our technology must better theirs."
-Carlos García Laín, Palmeran "graphic-technician", 1900

[Estainia]

"King of Upper Egypt, King of Lower Egypt, Pharaoh of All Egypt. It does not take a genius to figure out that Pharaoh is not equivalent to King. It is among the first imperial titles." - Cornelius Andius on titles.

[Azadstan]

"King of Upper Egypt, King of Lower Egypt, Pharaoh of All Egypt. It does not take a genius to figure out that Pharaoh is not equivalent to King. It is among the first imperial titles." - Cornelius Andius on titles.

"King? I am the Sun that Rises, the Water that Flows, the Life that Gives, the Death that Takes. I am much more than a mere 'king', I am a God." - Pharaoh Hatshepsut Ankhesenaten

[Voorzichtigheid]

"Isn't it obvious that Voorzichtigheid is becoming more like an army camp? Why are we spending too many Credits on worthless Army, Navy, and Air Force, when it should be going into our pockets? Everyday, the trains and buses have been overcrowded by these soldiers, who probably have never heard of a deodorant. It's time that we scale down or banish our army."
- Janet Elise, Year [EXPUNGED] - Day 158, 3 : 05 : 00

News Report - Voorzichtigheid Daily (Year [EXPUNGED] - Day 159, 7 : 85 : 63

"Janet Elise found missing. All forms of tracing proved to be unsuccessful."

[Austrenia]

"I believe wholly in meritocratic society. I do not care about who your parents were, what station in life you hold, what religion you practice, or what language you speak. How well you perform in life, how good a person you are, depends on character, and that alone determines how well you will give back to society."

~ Juho Halvorsen, Head of the Folkparti, addressing the legislature. Despite their name, which translates into English as People's Party, the Folkparti are a conservative liberal party.

[Fatatatutti]

"On tonight's episode of The Fishingtons, inept spies Alphonski and Fishnikov are hiding again in the walls of stately Fishington Manor; eccentric Inspector Poisson is still poking around looking for mysteries to solve; Tweed Fishington's illegitimate daughter Blaze arrives and tries to take over the family business, whatever that is; sinister gardener Sniddler has apparently contacted UFOs from his secret bunker on the roof; incompetent butler Duckworth accidentally ties himself to the doorknob."
-- TV Guide

[Auzkhia]

"No need to kiss it, I'm not a holy relic."
-Emperor Karl II, to a rather reverent musician

[Estainia]

"No, we do not maintain glorified sororities known as houses." - FAQ section of the Public Brochure of the Academy

"Nor do we teach people any variation of the word abracadabra." - FAQ section continued

[Libertarian North America]

"All my foreign friends are terrified for my safety, and keep telling me that I should leave the country, but I don't know what they're talking about. Sure, I have to carry at least 1 firearm at any time I go outside and sure, disgruntled anarcho-communists call me a capitalist scumbag, but I don't hear my employees complaining. They have bed and board, get a fair wage, and know that and my complex has the latest in fortification systems. Hm? No, sorry, they aren't available for comment. What do you mean this is a human rights investigation? Are you accusing me of practicing slavery? STATIST SCUM GET OUT OF MY COMPOUND!"

Anonymous business owner, shortly before ejecting the WA human rights investigation committee.

Investigations continue, though evidence suggests at minimum partial voluntary employment.

[Estainia]

"If you would like to know the primary problem with the gendarmes system of policing I shall provide it for you. A Bereian put it very well once, I shall amend his statement for my own land. The steps from baton to rifle are far too few." - Commandant-General of the Militia Venceslao Emiliano

[Imperivm Terrae]

"The repairs can't wait, just dodge the fire!"

"I know perfectly well that you cannot fire a rocket launcher from an enclosed position! Maybe don't read the f*cking manual next time, and you wouldn't care so much!"

"I almost feel bad about burning them alive... almost."

"Anti-tank fire! Oh wait... we're armoured infantry, not armour!"

"Can't you drive any faster, Klaus? Faster! You drive like my grandmother!"

"Richard, you lost a lot of weight! Guess this is what you get for having both your legs amputated."

"War is a serious matter! Stop f*cking that dead medic!"

"Hey, the commander is looking! Act serious!"

- Random TACT-COMM messages, part 2

[Austrenia]

"Perception is rather important, one might say all-encompassing. You would be surprised how many people see a flag done all in crimson red and midnight black, and just assume we must have this horrible, oppressive government. The reality, as anybody who has been here will tell you, is that we are one of the freest, most open, most stable, and happiest societies in the world today."

~ President Simcha Abrams

[Tarvelia]

"Do you see what happens when I try to be open-minded? I go to the cinema, at your behest, to watch an American film about King Arthur with you. What do I see? I see elephants in Great Britain. Elephants in Great Britain! My brain could have fallen out!"

-Yohanen Trivl, Parliamentary clerk

[Las Palmeras]

"Do you see what happens when I try to be open-minded? I go to the cinema, at your behest, to watch an American film about King Arthur with you. What do I see? I see elephants in Great Britain. Elephants in Great Britain! My brain could have fallen out!"

-Yohanen Trivl, Parliamentary clerk

The memories of a project I had to do on 12th-13th Century Medieval British bestiaries for a Middle Ages history class last semester. Endless nights of looking between pictures of an elephant with a tower on it and an elephant fighting a dragon that varied between manuscripts to find the "first" one only to stupidly realize the iconography had Anglo-Normandic origins probably closer to French tradition...and then remembering that Louis IX gave a real elephant to the king of England as a present. No more! No more!

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"Why is everybody so young in these cartoons?

Maybe because they're directed at teenagers and kids.

Nah. The label doesn't say that, this'll air after 21:00. Who the Hell gives a hormonal 16-year-old brat a giant robot or send some impulsive schoolgirl out to save the world with magic when it's proven creepy old guys and tentacles make them powerless?

Meh, at least they don't tell people radiation gives you anything other than leukemia and cancerous growths. They're so stupid nobody would try to emulate them! It's approved for the air."
-Two Communications Committee employees watching pre-broadcast tapes

[Skymoot]

"For sure as the night sky is filled with stars, and the knowledge of the lord so expansive... that these 'dragons' are irrefutable examples of the mystery, splendor, danger, and wonder of these islands. Should one ever tame such beautiful beings, they should forever retire from humanity. Honored as children of God." --- Nathan E. Drake, upon observing a Skymoot Dragon.

[Estainia]

"Ooo, pretty... I can do magic!" - Susan Hawkins, age eight, at the Academy practicing her first spell; spell in question? Abracadabra. A shower of sparks not unlike a fireworks display, the size of the bloom varies depending on the inherent magic of the caster.

[Fatatatutti]

"Tonight on FatatatuTV, Alphonse and Fish solve the mystery of Smugglers' Cove. (Spoiler alert: It's smugglers.)"
-- TV Guide

[United Dixieland Territories]

"Wōden's fucking teeth; if I wanted to get shot by my own men, Id'a jined' some German shitholes' Foreign Legion, the hell is wrong with ya'll!?!?!?"

~ 1st.Lt Æthelred Thorpe, South African Front, Circa 1947

[Chzeng]

"It is the agreement of the powerful, and not the shouting of the weak, that establishes order and creates efficiency. Neither the decisive action or the maintenance operation has any significant degree of use for the weak."
-Zhang Tongwen

[Bereia]

"No self-respecting Bereian kneels, bows, or makes other signs of obeisance. The most you will ever get is an especially deep nod."

-- John Scott, historian & author, The Shining City.

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"Because people are not uniformly identical drones, but rather individuals as unique as the stars in the sky, the total equality promised by the Socialist is only possible at gunpoint."

-- Julissa Hickman, Citizen.