Explain the AH Quote

[Plateosaurus]

A line from the 2008 UKB costume drama The Bichards, spoken in response to rumours he [Philip I] authorised several pirate raids on Lyme in response to fishing rights disputes.

"Goddamn it Charlie! When I get back from prison twenty-five years from now, you are going to be so grounded, you'll be an atom high when i'm done with you!"

 

[ThatOneGuy]

"Goddamn it Charlie! When I get back from prison twenty-five years from now, you are going to be so grounded, you'll be an atom high when i'm done with you!"

A quote by crime boss Al Capone to his son Charlie Capone, who didn't follow in the family business and instead joined the FBI. After learning of his fathers misdeeds at the age of 16 Charlie who until then almost idolized his father quickly grew disillusioned and left home soon after, moving in with a friend in Springfield and going into police work. When Charlie joined the FBI in 1952 as a field agent his father's criminal empire had become the largest in America, dwarfing even the New York Mob in power and influence. Charlie, wishing to prove himself not to be in his dads pocket, began to aggressively go after his dad. Soon rising to the head of the Al Capone Prosecution Office whose sole job was to dismantle Al's empire, Charlie began to knock out the foundation of the Chicago Mob in one of the best instances of anti-mob police work in American history. Dozens of lieutenants of Capone were locked up and a few were even convinced to flip until finally Capone himself was captured after a brutal gunfight at his home outside Chicago. Capone screamed the above quote to his son as he was led, injured, into an ambulance. Confident in his ability to beat the charges. Al Capone would get life in prison for his misdeeds and die in 1992 at an old age with his wealth and family long gone.

"Mobster President? I like that."

 

[zesamofdepast]

Uttered by the KKK’s leader about President Obama.

“The events in Greece have seen their monarchy overthrown. Who’s to say we can’t do it here in Istanbul?”

 

[Matti23]

“The events in Greece have seen their monarchy overthrown. Who’s to say we can’t do it here in Istanbul?”

The leader of the democratic rebels (Ega Kaplan) in Istanbul shortly before the overthrow of the Imperial system in 1960 (the Ottoman Empire survives much longer in this timeline). The rebels would be inspired by a similar revolution in Greece.

"Short answer no... long answer yes"
"I suppose that is technically correct, even if neither statement is true"
Joseph Stalin and Lenin

 

[Psmith]

"Short answer no... long answer yes"
"I suppose that is technically correct, even if neither statement is true"
Joseph Stalin and Lenin

Member of Parliament for Bermondsey and Southwark Joseph "Stalin" Jughashvili in 1936 interviewed for the Morning Star by noted firebrand Vladimir Lenin, on his rise to power in the Social Party of Great Britain and Ireland of which he had just become deputy-leader. Lenin asked whether Jughashvili's immigrant background had been a hindrance to his standing in the party, with the resultant exchange a knowing reference to how criticism of the Party's xenophobic atmosphere was a fast-track to ostricism from mainstream circles of the British Left.

"Do you honestly think I care about you so little that betraying me would make any difference?"
Dick Cheney

 

[CountDVB]

"Do you honestly think I care about you so little that betraying me would make any difference?"
Dick Cheney

Cheney recorded talking to one of his aides, whom he had a close relationship. Said aide actually answered yes, noting the previous transcations and morally myopic decisions that Dick Cheney has made over the years. The shock would give Cheney another heart attack and this time, ending him for good. George Bush, lacking a VP, would end up forced to pick McCain as VP, the only one who wanted the job. This led McCain to becoming President in 2008-2012 and causing the end of the GOP. His maverick status made he clashed with his party. He also worked alot with Senator Russ Feingold. While Feingold's maverick tendencies merely split the party between its progressives and centralists, the GOP fractured from McCain, splitting into moderates, reactioaries, libretarians and just flat-out opportunists.

"There has been no greater ally to the American Socalist Party than J Edgar Hoover"

 

[Deleted member 107125]

Cheney recorded talking to one of his aides, whom he had a close relationship. Said aide actually answered yes, noting the previous transcations and morally myopic decisions that Dick Cheney has made over the years. The shock would give Cheney another heart attack and this time, ending him for good. George Bush, lacking a VP, would end up forced to pick McCain as VP, the only one who wanted the job. This led McCain to becoming President in 2008-2012 and causing the end of the GOP. His maverick status made he clashed with his party. He also worked alot with Senator Russ Feingold. While Feingold's maverick tendencies merely split the party between its progressives and centralists, the GOP fractured from McCain, splitting into moderates, reactioaries, libretarians and just flat-out opportunists.

"There has been no greater ally to the American Socalist Party than J Edgar Hoover"

The official statement released by the American Socialist Party after rumours of businessman and American People’s Investigators operator Edgar Hoover’s denouncement of the party, which he had previously supported. While those statements were presumed to be untrue, Hoover would later back them up, claiming that ‘the Socialist Party has devolved into a Trotskyite, anarchical hellscape’. Hoover would then leave the party to form the Stalinistic American Justice and Labour Party. This phrase thus became a popular joke, usually uttered as a reply to something obviously untrue.

“It is no doubt that our shared struggles, those being the struggles of the people of Punjab and the people of Transylvania are one and the same, and I hope to keep that unique bond our ancestors shared”

 

[Plateosaurus]

A line from Tomas III of the Transylvanian Kingdom (OTL Romania, Crimea, and southern Ukraine) to members of Hamza's delegates from Bihiratia on British imperialism both faced in the early 1800's. Both states were instrumental in starting the Seventy-Five Years' War which led to the dismantling of not just the British Empire, but the fall of almost every european empires.

"I shall never forgive you for what you did to my father!"
"Who? The same slimy excuse for a man that beat you down for being late because of gridlock and left you at the side of the road for lightly criticising him and his ways?"

 

[Plateosaurus]

An exchange from the 1986 David Zucker-directed Kim Basinger vehicle Chop Chop, spoofing/homaging biker films of the 1950's and 1960's.

"You are the strangest and ugliest specimen in the genus Homo I have ever seen." - Charles Darwin

 

[Ed of the Pueblos Libres]

"You are the strangest and ugliest specimen in the genus Homo I have ever seen." - Charles Darwin

Soldier and biologist Charles Darwin to a prussian soldier in the Anglo-Franco-Prussian War (war of three fronts) after seeing the devastation caused by the chemical attacks of the soldiers.
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"How could you become prime minister of the Russian Empire?! "Vladimir Ulyanov and Nicholas II.
"I'm pretty lucky, I have to say that I had fun in the elections " Iosif Dzhugashvili.

 

[AltoRegnant]

"How could you become prime minister of the Russian Empire?! "Vladimir Ulyanov and Nicholas II.
"I'm pretty lucky, I have to say that I had fun in the elections " Iosif Dzhugashvili.

Nicholas the Second was never meant to be Tsar. His father only ascended to the throne briefly before dying of pneumonia. his brother, the originial Nicholas II, had died on a hunting trip when he fell off a cliff. The nation was in turmoil and there were many who were questioning the divinity of the romanovs. Nicholas decided the best way around this was to become more of a figurehead. He created the Duma and held general elections every four years, with a constitution very similar to America's. Isof Dzhugahvili was the Tsar's close friend who ran for prime minister as a joke. Neither he nor the Tsar expected him to win, and the Tsar worried it would impact legitimacy. However the people simply found the prime minister amazing and the Duma quickly became the go to governing body of Russia. ... so long as you ignore the fact that Tsarina Ekaterina III could technically dissolve it for any reason

"The Treaty of Aachen that ended the first weltkrieg saw a harsh treaty for the Entente. Britain got the worst of it- Western Canada, Jamaica and Belize went to the USA, Germany took most of their african territory while egypt was returned to the ottomans- bar the suez, that too went to Germany, All of Ireland and the islands between it and Great Britain were given independence and guaranteed by the German Empire. French Algiers also saw a return to the Ottomans, as well as Indochina being given independence, and France had to give up its claims to Alsace-Lorraine. Neither the UK or France were allowed to field more than 250K men, and owed a combined total of 50M USD.

Japan was forced to give Korea to germany. However, they went without reparations or a limited military due to their smaller involvement. Italy also got off nearly scot-free, as the Germans felt Italy hadn't betrayed their ally willingly, but had been forced to if they wished to survive. The Kaiserreich simply asked them to renounce their claims in anatolia and pay them about 200k USD.

This destroyed Austro-German Relations, as Austria felt that Italy had been disloyal and deserved punishment. This was Kaiser Wilhelm's goal. If he had broken his alliance and waged war to unite Grossdeutschland, he would look like a cruel, untrustworthy man. but if he showed compassion to a forced enemy, and another left the alliance in protest, he felt that he could sell a later war far easier."
--Three Eagles, A Documentary.

 

[TickTock The Witch's Dead]

Nicholas the Second was never meant to be Tsar. His father only ascended to the throne briefly before dying of pneumonia. his brother, the originial Nicholas II, had died on a hunting trip when he fell off a cliff. The nation was in turmoil and there were many who were questioning the divinity of the romanovs. Nicholas decided the best way around this was to become more of a figurehead. He created the Duma and held general elections every four years, with a constitution very similar to America's. Isof Dzhugahvili was the Tsar's close friend who ran for prime minister as a joke. Neither he nor the Tsar expected him to win, and the Tsar worried it would impact legitimacy. However the people simply found the prime minister amazing and the Duma quickly became the go to governing body of Russia. ... so long as you ignore the fact that Tsarina Ekaterina III could technically dissolve it for any reason

"The Treaty of Aachen that ended the first weltkrieg saw a harsh treaty for the Entente. Britain got the worst of it- Western Canada, Jamaica and Belize went to the USA, Germany took most of their african territory while egypt was returned to the ottomans- bar the suez, that too went to Germany, All of Ireland and the islands between it and Great Britain were given independence and guaranteed by the German Empire. French Algiers also saw a return to the Ottomans, as well as Indochina being given independence, and France had to give up its claims to Alsace-Lorraine. Neither the UK or France were allowed to field more than 250K men, and owed a combined total of 50M USD.

Japan was forced to give Korea to germany. However, they went without reparations or a limited military due to their smaller involvement. Italy also got off nearly scot-free, as the Germans felt Italy hadn't betrayed their ally willingly, but had been forced to if they wished to survive. The Kaiserreich simply asked them to renounce their claims in anatolia and pay them about 200k USD.

This destroyed Austro-German Relations, as Austria felt that Italy had been disloyal and deserved punishment. This was Kaiser Wilhelm's goal. If he had broken his alliance and waged war to unite Grossdeutschland, he would look like a cruel, untrustworthy man. but if he showed compassion to a forced enemy, and another left the alliance in protest, he felt that he could sell a later war far easier."
--Three Eagles, A Documentary.

A documentary about how the end of WWI sowed Austro-German tensions and led to the Austro-German War of 1929, when a rebellion in Hungary encouraged the breakup of Austria-Hungary and allowed Germany to invade Austria, Bohemia, and Slovenia to add to the empire. Italy was allowed to join so it could take Tyrol and areas around Dalmatia save the Slovenian parts. Liechtenstein and Luxembourg were also annexed by Germany during this time. Germany pressured Switzerland to join, although it refused.

“The Spanish have got to be the most arrogant, entitled bastards you ever seen. But one thing you have to admire them is their empire, their riches, and their success in the Holy Land.”

 

[AltoRegnant]

“The Spanish have got to be the most arrogant, entitled bastards you ever seen. But one thing you have to admire them is their empire, their riches, and their success in the Holy Land.”

Archduke Charles III of Austria, on why he was dragging Austria to war with the French over the succession over the spanish throne. This was an empire spanning from the Columbia river in norh america to the southern tip of Argentina, that held Egypt and the Levant, and the Philippines. France, who had just inherited the empire, held Canada, North Africa, eastern india, indochina, and was the most populated country in europe with the largest army. You can guess how that war went.

"You know something, Lord Godwin? I've never understood how the Holy Roman Empire has struggled to rule her subjects. If Gaul were a united kingdom like us of Anglia, or Germany, or even Norway, it would be the most populated realm since rome. But no. Gaul and Hispania are a decentralized joke that most of us can ignore unless we're going to war with the Emperor in Provence. Can you tell me why?"

 

[TickTock The Witch's Dead]

Archduke Charles III of Austria, on why he was dragging Austria to war with the French over the succession over the spanish throne. This was an empire spanning from the Columbia river in norh america to the southern tip of Argentina, that held Egypt and the Levant, and the Philippines. France, who had just inherited the empire, held Canada, North Africa, eastern india, indochina, and was the most populated country in europe with the largest army. You can guess how that war went.

"You know something, Lord Godwin? I've never understood how the Holy Roman Empire has struggled to rule her subjects. If Gaul were a united kingdom like us of Anglia, or Germany, or even Norway, it would be the most populated realm since rome. But no. Gaul and Hispania are a decentralized joke that most of us can ignore unless we're going to war with the Emperor in Provence. Can you tell me why?"

Lord Godwin's advisor ranting about how inefficient his kingdom is

“There was absolutely no way someone of that background could ever become ruler. That would be like expecting a Jew to be the Tsar of Russia, or a Sioux to become the President of the United States. Hell even a communist seemed more likely to rule South Korea.”

 

[Ed of the Pueblos Libres]

Lord Godwin's advisor ranting about how inefficient his kingdom is

“There was absolutely no way someone of that background could ever become ruler. That would be like expecting a Jew to be the Tsar of Russia, or a Sioux to become the President of the United States. Hell even a communist seemed more likely to rule South Korea.”

The member of the Anglican Churches of the Caribbean Territories, specifically Cuba in 1956, Fidel Castro, when a muslim converted to christianity ascended the papal ranks: Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, his new papal name was Pius XIII.

"While the turkic peoples settled in Central Asia, the east slavs became nomadic peoples of the steppes, arriving from the Baltic to the Pacific. Now, the Vistula dominated by Poland fallen, and their footsteps burned the earth. Slav paganism defeated Christianity in Eastern Europe "

 

[dontfearme22]

The member of the Anglican Churches of the Caribbean Territories, specifically Cuba in 1956, Fidel Castro, when a muslim converted to christianity ascended the papal ranks: Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, his new papal name was Pius XIII.

"While the turkic peoples settled in Central Asia, the east slavs became nomadic peoples of the steppes, arriving from the Baltic to the Pacific. Now, the Vistula dominated by Poland fallen, and their footsteps burned the earth. Slav paganism defeated Christianity in Eastern Europe "

A excerpt from Ladslavs New History of the Ragars (Translated). This book came at a important moment in the historiography of the Ragar invasions, using them to create this epic narattive of a native, slavic victory over alien Christianity during a time of resurgent nationalism in Wennon politics. The book starts with the birth of Ivan the Left-Handed, his rise to power, and then the subsequent campaigns of the Ragar horde into Europe. It ends with the climactic Battle of the Palisades, which saw the Christian armies crushed and the ensuing collapse of Christian Poland.

"What he has between his legs will win me more land than any army in the world"

 

[TickTock The Witch's Dead]

A excerpt from Ladslavs New History of the Ragars (Translated). This book came at a important moment in the historiography of the Ragar invasions, using them to create this epic narattive of a native, slavic victory over alien Christianity during a time of resurgent nationalism in Wennon politics. The book starts with the birth of Ivan the Left-Handed, his rise to power, and then the subsequent campaigns of the Ragar horde into Europe. It ends with the climactic Battle of the Palisades, which saw the Christian armies crushed and the ensuing collapse of Christian Poland.

"What he has between his legs will win me more land than any army in the world"

Frederick II is Prussia mad that a Romanov is now in control of the Austrian Empire

“If anyone were to make up a story of an empire like that, it would’ve been dismissed as mere fantasy. But reality has a way of distorting what counts as reality.”

 

[AltoRegnant]

“If anyone were to make up a story of an empire like that, it would’ve been dismissed as mere fantasy. But reality has a way of distorting what counts as reality.”

Kaiser Wilhelm II on the British Empire. When an Austria physician the Kaiser insisted be there supposedly caused the young boy to be born with a disfigured arm, he was resentfiul of Austria and to lesser extent germany. He worked to pull Germany to England, causing a Austrian-French Alliance. Thankfully, nothing ever came of it for a long time.

"Duke William 'The Bastard' of Normandy, your rebellious plan to conquer an ally of the french crown and to rip french lands from the kingdom cannot go unpunished. Thusly you are stripped of the name and titles associated with the duchy of normandy." Philip I, King of France

 

[TickTock The Witch's Dead]

Kaiser Wilhelm II on the British Empire. When an Austria physician the Kaiser insisted be there supposedly caused the young boy to be born with a disfigured arm, he was resentfiul of Austria and to lesser extent germany. He worked to pull Germany to England, causing a Austrian-French Alliance. Thankfully, nothing ever came of it for a long time.

"Duke William 'The Bastard' of Normandy, your rebellious plan to conquer an ally of the french crown and to rip french lands from the kingdom cannot go unpunished. Thusly you are stripped of the name and titles associated with the duchy of normandy." Philip I, King of France

Philip punishing William for the attempt to invade Brittany

“After centuries of conquest, colonialism, and division, at last the whole realm of the Arabs are finally under a united republic. We are now a nation to reckon with. And no longer can’t nation divide us this time!”

 

[Atterdag]

“After centuries of conquest, colonialism, and division, at last the whole realm of the Arabs are finally under a united republic. We are now a nation to reckon with. And no longer can’t nation divide us this time!”

El-Orans, british colonel turned panarabist after he felt the arabs he had fought with were betrayed by the british and french.

"A New World? Are we quite done with this one then?"