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Albert Einstein at the opening of the world's first nuclear reactor. Said after he was thanked for his efforts by his rival, Neils Bohr.

"I didn't say I was finished!"

The last words of Pope Francis IV, commonly known as the Great Crusader. Francis spearheaded efforts to revive the African and Asian economy following the stock market crash of 2102, and used much of his personal wealth to help the less prosperous peoples of the globe. His extreme generosity and key role in the Grand Recovery led to the Great Reawakening, a huge wave of new members to the Catholic church.

"Behold the fields of fucks I give, and behold now that tis is barren."
 
Behold the fields of fucks I give, and behold now that tis is barren."
William Shakespeare, opening line to Love's Labours Lost, his most popular tragicomedy play. Now a (truly terrible) Broadway musical starring Emma Watson and Danny deVito!

"Who could have ever imagined it? The Queen, a socialist!"
 
William Shakespeare, opening line to Love's Labours Lost, his most popular tragicomedy play. Now a (truly terrible) Broadway musical starring Emma Watson and Danny deVito!

"Who could have ever imagined it? The Queen, a socialist!"

A quote taken from an astonished Siamese noble the revelation that the Queen supported reforms to turn the absolute monarchy of the United Indochinese Kingdom into a constitutional monarchy. Among many nobles and upper class citizens, this was a clear indication that the Red Fever had infected the UIK, and led to a whooping 10 assassination attempts and 4 coups, all that failed thanks to luck and the well-trained Royal Guard.

"Blood for the Blood God!"
 
"Perfectly balanced. As all things should be."
A line from Ohio governor Joshua Brolin in 2017 when discussing the flaws in the state's budget and spending.

"You just spun a massive web of deceit trying to unravel a non-existent one; the latter one only existed in your paranoid mind that can't handle the merest thought of making a mistake!"
 

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A line from Ohio governor Joshua Brolin in 2017 when discussing the flaws in the state's budget and spending.

"You just spun a massive web of deceit trying to unravel a non-existent one; the latter one only existed in your paranoid mind that can't handle the merest thought of making a mistake!"

-Otto von Bismarck, aide to Chancellor Klemens von Metternich of the Greater German Empire

We're going to build a big, beautiful wall, and it's going to keep all the Mexica out." - Prince Madoc ap Owain Gruffyd
 
We're going to build a big, beautiful wall, and it's going to keep all the Mexica out." - Prince Madoc ap Owain Gruffyd

Referring to seawalls Prince Madoc ordered to be built around (British) Wales when the climate warmed even more, instead of cooling. The medieval warm period lasted and gave the Mexica (=Aztecs) the edge they needed to try sailing over to Europe.

"Why? Why? Why Övrebö? Why Busacca? Why De Bleeckere? Why Stark? Why?"
 
Referring to seawalls Prince Madoc ordered to be built around (British) Wales when the climate warmed even more, instead of cooling. The medieval warm period lasted and gave the Mexica (=Aztecs) the edge they needed to try sailing over to Europe.

"Why? Why? Why Övrebö? Why Busacca? Why De Bleeckere? Why Stark? Why?"

The angered words of Napoleon IV speaking of numerous terrorist attacks the rocked the French Empire and its client states. No motive or suspect was ever found.

"First, the Celts. Then, the Slavs. And now the Anglos?! Do they never learn?"
 
The angered words of Napoleon IV speaking of numerous terrorist attacks the rocked the French Empire and its client states. No motive or suspect was ever found.

"First, the Celts. Then, the Slavs. And now the Anglos?! Do they never learn?"
Emperor Trajan II. While the Roman empire briefly shattered in the 5th century, the Byzantines, having sponsored christian uprisings to keep Persia busy for ages, managed to reconquer it, even reintegrating the province of britannia. The above quote was said in regards to the raiders who were asailing the empire- first the celtic picts, then the slavs north of the danube, and finally the Anglos from what would eventually be the province of Danskia, used to police the tribes of the area.

"Leave the Empire? that's the worst idea i've ever heard- India would be isolated, there would be mass famine from loss of trade with the rest, and frankly London and the Crown are the only reason there is an 'indian identity.' No, I am simply petitioning the King for greater legal equality in the empire- all of it. And based on recent speeches? I think i'm succeeding." Mahatma Gandhi
 
"Leave the Empire? that's the worst idea i've ever heard- India would be isolated, there would be mass famine from loss of trade with the rest, and frankly London and the Crown are the only reason there is an 'indian identity.' No, I am simply petitioning the King for greater legal equality in the empire- all of it. And based on recent speeches? I think i'm succeeding." Mahatma Gandhi

Gandhi, India's first eventual Prime Minister, on the eve of a vote on his Home Rule bill to give India Dominion status within the British Empire

"First Ambustus, then Capitolinus and now, YOU! Its a shame you Romans die so easily, or I might have a sense of satisfaction!" - Brennus
 
Gandhi, India's first eventual Prime Minister, on the eve of a vote on his Home Rule bill to give India Dominion status within the British Empire

"First Ambustus, then Capitolinus and now, YOU! Its a shame you Romans die so easily, or I might have a sense of satisfaction!" - Brennus

Conner "Brennus" O'McDonald, the loud-mouthed Irish coach of a Florence-based football that did well against three Roman teams before losing to the "Palatine Geese".

"His name was Yuba
He was homely, he was dumb
And so was Yuba
Just a big ambitious bum
He wouldn't do-a
So much as chew a piece of gum
So this is news to me

I understand-a
He's an overnight success
He's in demand-a
Why? I never could have guessed
Well, he found a big bass tuba
Then he bummed his way to Cuba
And the rest is history..." - His Majesty Fidel Castro
 
Conner "Brennus" O'McDonald, the loud-mouthed Irish coach of a Florence-based football that did well against three Roman teams before losing to the "Palatine Geese".

"His name was Yuba
He was homely, he was dumb
And so was Yuba
Just a big ambitious bum
He wouldn't do-a
So much as chew a piece of gum
So this is news to me

I understand-a
He's an overnight success
He's in demand-a
Why? I never could have guessed
Well, he found a big bass tuba
Then he bummed his way to Cuba
And the rest is history..." - His Majesty Fidel Castro

Florida Marlins manager Fidel Castro, nicknamed “His Majesty” for his commanding presence and longevity in the sport of baseball, joking at a press conference about short-lived major leaguer Yuba Gonzalez, who went 0-for-13 in a short stint in Florida, bringing a tuba into the clubhouse, and being sent back down to triple-A Havana.

“Throw me in prison if you want, Your Honor, but refusing to pay my taxes is the most patriotic act I’ve ever committed.”
 
“Throw me in prison if you want, Your Honor, but refusing to pay my taxes is the most patriotic act I’ve ever committed.”
An libertarian leader, Samuel Konkin's speech to the 1st district court during his trial for tax evasion in 1982. His speech on limited government and call for minimal intervention started the Agorist party of USA.

"Yesterday, June 24, 2004 - a date which will live in infamy - the State of Japan was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Democratic People's republic of korea." - PM Koizumi Junichiro's speech in the japanese diet. .
 
An libertarian leader, Samuel Konkin's speech to the 1st district court during his trial for tax evasion in 1982. His speech on limited government and call for minimal intervention started the Agorist party of USA.

"Yesterday, June 24, 2004 - a date which will live in infamy - the State of Japan was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Democratic People's republic of korea." - PM Koizumi Junichiro's speech in the japanese diet. .

The State of Japan, a semi-autonomous province of the United States, was one of the richest and most powerful political entities in Asia, rivaled only by the Persian Empire, the Russian Republic, and the Republic of Singapore-Indochina. It had been a rival of the DPRK since the end of the Cold War, and hostilites had been growing for many years as skirmishes between JDF and DPRK forces increased in frequency in Busan. Then, came that fateful day. A combined sea and air assault was launched on Busan, followed up by a land assault the next day. The resulting siege of Busan would lead to the 2nd Sino-American War.

"And now, we, the people of the Benelux, proudly step forth and proclaim the creation of the Confederation of the Benelux!"
 
"And now, we, the people of the Benelux, proudly step forth and proclaim the creation of the Confederation of the Benelux!"

King Baudouin on the Treaty of Rotterdam of 1958, which formally merged the Low Countries into a single 'Confederation of the Benelux' to resist German expansionism. The acquiescence of Western powers to the 1952 'Stalin Note' had left a united Germany isolated at the heart of Europe, and the victory of the German Reichspartei in the 1955 elections provoked fears in neighbouring states that the German war machine was to be restarted for a third time. The Confederation of the Benelux hoped to avoid mistakes of the past by joining the European Defence Community with France and Denmark, to stand against the reborn Reich.

"I'm not going to lie, this is really me when I'm driving."
Hermann Goering
 
"I'm not going to lie, this is really me when I'm driving."
Hermann Goering

Hermann Goering, former Ace Pilot and golf enthusiast, interviewed by Sports Illustrated in the 1930s following his winning of a Gold Medal for Golf in the 1932 Olympics.

Goering had retired from the German Army, following their victory over the Entente Powers in the First Great War.

"Power! Unlimited Power!" - Gius Julius Caesar.
 
Hermann Goering, former Ace Pilot and golf enthusiast, interviewed by Sports Illustrated in the 1930s following his winning of a Gold Medal for Golf in the 1932 Olympics.

Goering had retired from the German Army, following their victory over the Entente Powers in the First Great War.

"Power! Unlimited Power!" - Gius Julius Caesar.

The younger brother of Gaius Julius, Gius, was famous for his inventions and strange behavior. He was believed to have gone mad after spending about three weeks locked up in his Syracuse estate, working tirelessly on his last invention, the steam engine.

"I know not how World War 2 will be fought, but I know this one will be fought with stone and sticks." Cyrus the Great
 
"I know not how World War 2 will be fought, but I know this one will be fought with stone and sticks." Cyrus the Great

Cyrus Yomtobian, Jewish warrior-poet and self-imposed exhile from Tehran, sardonically mocking the futility of war in the apocalyptic era.

American forces invaded Cuba to secure Soviet missile assets in 1962. This, naturally, sparked WW3. The first nuclear bombs were dropped by the Soviets on Turkey (to destroy American stockpiles) simultaneously with a military invasion of west Berlin. NATO responded with long-range nuclear strikes on numerous USSR targets.

After the war ended with an American victory in the mid-eighties (with a surprise showing by the non-Aligned movement, whereby Chinese nukes and Indian troops prevailed in Eurasia against their Soviet rival), the Middle East was left an irradiated mess. The Iranian Shah and the Israeli military dictatorship began gearing up for a joint invasion of the Arabian peninsula for it's oil reserves.

Cyrus "the Great" Yomtobian, beloved in both the Persian Empire and Greater Israel, was one of the few who could speak out against the war without being "disappeared."

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"I am vengence. I am the night!"
 
"I am vengence. I am the night!"

Words written by the infamous 'Monster of Paris' after every murder using his victim's blood. The Monster haunted the French capital for the better part of 1942, and was later revealed to be Charles de Gaulle, former French military officer. De Gaulle targeted mostly members of the Italian occupation forces, but also those Frenchmen who cooperated with them. His execution is considered one of the most important moments of France's pacification process after the Second Great European War.

"General Garibaldi, Gettysburg is yours."
 
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"General Garibaldi, Gettysburg is yours."

Following a Democratic victory in 1860 and 1864, Northern aggitation for succession reaches its height, leading to many states leaving the Union and the establishmemt of the New England Confederacy, The Republic of Superior, the Republic of Indiana as well as the Pacific Union.

This quote was said to General Garibaldi who had joined the Wars for Northern Freedom, following his decisive victory over American General Lee at Gettysburg - part of a campaign by the Northern Republics to drive the Americans south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

"I may not be the hero they want. But I'm the hero they're gonna get!" - Matthew M. Schaible*


*
Not actually a historical figure
 
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