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[Bbone91]

Activist Jane Fonda to U.S. President Barry Goldwater on March 12th, 1969. Jane was a massive opponent of the Venezuelan War and Barry’s infamous comments on sighting violence against anti-war protesters led to Jane Fonda’s husband being killed by Barry’s supporters. The whole incident caused a lot of outrage and led to a feud between Jane and Barry.

“You sought out their favor, you plotted their wars, you watched them mistreat everyone and everything, and you never gave a damn until they turned on you!”

From “The Jews of Warsaw”, a sequel to Fiddler on the Roof, about the life of Chava and Fedyka. Set during the lead-up to the Soviet Purge of Warsaw during the Polish-Soviet War of the 1920s, Chava angrily snaps at her husband, the Pro-Communist Fedyka, who has just been informed by The Commissioner that the Warsaw Ghetto is to be purged, but he and his wife will be spared due to Fedyka being a good Communist. While not as beloved as “Fiddler on the Roof”, the play has a cult following who appreciate it.
“Jane Fonda, I have heard you defend every communist regime, from the Soviet Union to Cuba, and every time I’ve merely bit my tongue because I cared about you. But to DEFEND Pol Pot’s GENOCIDE? That is beyond the pale! You’re not my daughter, you’re dead to me!”

 

[CarlosTheAltHistoryGuy]

“Jane Fonda, I have heard you defend every communist regime, from the Soviet Union to Cuba, and every time I’ve merely bit my tongue because I cared about you. But to DEFEND Pol Pot’s GENOCIDE? That is beyond the pale! You’re not my daughter, you’re dead to me!”

Henry Fonda to his daughter Jane Fonda, after his daughter supported Pol Pot's regime he disowned her and he would moved to the Republicans in the 1970s, with his last years spent as an Anti-Communist actor.

"Tell me, Future Boy, who's President of the United States in 1985?"
"Marty Robbins"
"Marty Robbins! The singer? Then who's vice-president, Elvis Presley? I suppose Patsy Cline is the First Lady!"
"Whoa, wait!"
"And Chuck Berry is Secretary of the Treasury!"

 

[MNM041]

"Tell me, Future Boy, who's President of the United States in 1985?"
"Marty Robbins"
"Marty Robbins! The singer? Then who's vice-president, Elvis Presley? I suppose Patsy Cline is the First Lady!"
"Whoa, wait!"
"And Chuck Berry is Secretary of the Treasury!"

Exchange between Eric Stoltz and John Lithgow in the 1985 classic Back to the Future, of course referencing President Martin Robbins, who prior to entering politics with a successful bid for Arizona Governor, was famously a country singer. Funnily enough, the year prior to the film's release, Elvis Presley famously stumped for the reelection campaign of President Robbins.

"All I have in this world is my word. When a man tells you some like that, you best believe he doesn't break his word for anybody. Trust that I won't break my word to you, and God help you if you break your word to me." - Gerald Ford

 

[CarlosTheAltHistoryGuy]

"All I have in this world is my word. When a man tells you some like that, you best believe he doesn't break his word for anybody. Trust that I won't break my word to you, and God help you if you break your word to me." - Gerald Ford

President Gerald Ford in an interview after winning the 1976 election, the quote specifically is answering a question about his campaign promises of reducing inflation and unemployment, Ford would surprisingly succeed in this, thus paving the way for the Reagan/Dole administration in 1980.

"Robert Edwin House is many things, a controversial president for some, a great hero for others, but it can't be denied that his work in the computer industry paved the way for the Digital Revolution of the 2080s and his SDI program saved America from the Chinese bombs in 2077".

 

[TickTock The Witch's Dead]

"Robert Edwin House is many things, a controversial president for some, a great hero for others, but it can't be denied that his work in the computer industry paved the way for the Digital Revolution of the 2080s and his SDI program saved America from the Chinese bombs in 2077".

David Harrison, a historian on former U.S. President Robert Edwin House. He praises him for his willingness to stop the Chinese invasion of Taiwan and for his efforts to bring democracy to Iran. He’s also known for his incredible knowledge in computer technology whose company EndGame quickly replaced Apple as the biggest tech company ever. He is, however, criticized for measures deregulating corporations and for reducing tax cuts on the rich that caused resentment across much of the country.

“Death can have me when it earns me.”

 

[MNM041]

“Death can have me when it earns me.”

General Franklin C. Mahin commenting on multiple attempts on his life between 1943 and 1945, starting with a sabotaged plane and ending with a sniper nearly taking his head off. Despite the numerous attempts on his life, General Mahin survived the war and would become president in 1952.

"You tell 'em I’m coming, and hell’s coming with me! You hear!? Hell’s coming with me!” - William McKinley

 

[Onedotman]

"You tell 'em I’m coming, and hell’s coming with me! You hear!? Hell’s coming with me!” - William McKinley

Union Army Lieutenant William "Screaming Bill" McKinley leading his charge towards Jubal Early's Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, in a last ditch attempt to prevent the Confederate army from entering Washington D.C. Despite being heavily overwhelmed in terms of manpower, McKinley's army was successful at repelling Early's attack. This victory inspired McKinley to continue pursuing his military career. His efforts paid off when he was made four-star general of the US Army in 1890.

"You're asking about Deng? He's one heck of a guy. Dude thinks like Mao, talks like Confucius, and has a temper as spicy hot as the cuisine of his native Sichuan."

 

[ClockworkDawn]

"You're asking about Deng? He's one heck of a guy. Dude thinks like Mao, talks like Confucius, and has a temper as spicy hot as the cuisine of his native Sichuan."

A quote from the manager of a San Francisco coffee house in the Union of American Socialist Republics, after being asked by journalist Hunter S. Thompson about the location of former Chinese revolutionary Deng Xiaoping. Following the crushing of the Chinese communist movement, many thousands of revolutionaries, their families, and people even tangentally associated with the revolution were forced to flee by the openly fascist Kuomintang government. Deng was one of the more notable revolutionaries who was forced to flee, and settled in San Francisco among the Chinese diaspora community there, where he became a successful local politician and activist, and a somewhat legendary figure among the west coast's youth movements, who were growing dissatisfied with the seeming contentment of the existing American socialist establishment of "Communism in the New World," while leaving much of Eurasia under various fascist regimes. These regimes included Mosely's United Kingdom, Hitler's Germany, and Chiang's China.

"It seemed like a good idea at the time, did it not? Oh, how little could we see of the horrors to come."

 

[CarlosTheAltHistoryGuy]

"It seemed like a good idea at the time, did it not? Oh, how little could we see of the horrors to come."

King Asgore Dreemurr in an interview with the BBC, he's specifically talking about his controversial decision to declare war on humanity after the death of the royal children, Asriel and Chara; thankfully the war ended thanks to the signing of the Human-Monster Treaty after the Great Liberation (breaking of the barrier thanks to Frisk and Asriel).

"The land truly down under"
-Tourism slogan for the Kingdom of Monsters

 

[Radek]

"The land truly down under"
-Tourism slogan for the Kingdom of Monsters

Taken from the book "What Man Knows Not" by Ian Jones, an unofficial continuation of the Lovecraft Mythos. The work sold reasonably well and a sequel is being discussed.

"You did not want me here."

"Your're here now. Pay attention. Sharpen your skills. Make your father proud."

 

[TickTock The Witch's Dead]

"You did not want me here."

"Your're here now. Pay attention. Sharpen your skills. Make your father proud."

Excerpt from the movie “The Fields of Arusha”. The movie is about a native East African who reluctantly joins the war for independence when it becomes clear that Germany wasn’t going to relinquish the colony anytime soon. He’s pro-German sentiment has made him a pariah among his community but when he finally joins the people who didn’t want anything to do with him are willing to let him join the resistance.

“After you walk into a village and you see 50 children, all sitting neatly in a row, against a church wall, each with their throats cut and their hands chopped off, you realize that the creature that could do this doesn't have a soul.”

 

[ordinarylittleme]

"After you walk into a village and you see 50 children, all sitting neatly in a row, against a church wall, each with their throats cut and their hands chopped off, you realize that the creature that could do this doesn't have a soul.”

Taken from the movie Fifty Children, a genre-blending film that has been called sci-fi, psychological horror, speculative thriller and splatter-punk techno-horror. The script has been praised for its overlapping layers of extended metaphors, jam-packed with historically accurate references, but this particular line stood out for the stark simplicity of its syntax compared to the otherwise flowery and verbose language used. (Spoiler alert: there was no "creature" involved, one of the many narrators was the one that committed this crime.)

"All of the girls you loved before made you the one I'd fallen for."

 

[ShoguntTrooper]

"All of the girls you loved before made you the one I'd fallen for."

Line from the song "Last in the Line" by Carlie Rae Jepsen, whose lyrics are about a woman comforting a man who had suffered through multiple abusive relationships, while praising his resilience to survive through all of it, while vowing she won't treat him the same. While the song had a fairly average reception overall, it became somewhat of an unofficial anthem for men, and quite a few women as well, that managed to get out of their own exploitative and abusive relations.

"It will never cease to make me chuckle how, of all things, a half-complete tank, rushed out of the factory due to necessity, turned out to be exactly what the Soviet Union needed for the war, while all the properly built ones mostly turned out to be unmitigated failures. And I doubt I'm the only one thinking that."

 

[Caravels of Portugal]

"It will never cease to make me chuckle how, of all things, a half-complete tank, rushed out of the factory due to necessity, turned out to be exactly what the Soviet Union needed for the war, while all the properly built ones mostly turned out to be unmitigated failures. And I doubt I'm the only one thinking that."

Sergeant Ivan Orlov commenting on the success of Tank Prototype #002, an incomplete tank rushed in production during Operation Unthinkable in 1950. The war broke out after the Soviet Union reneged on Western Allied pacts and invaded West Germany during the Berlin Blockade. This prompted the Western Allies to invade the Soviet Union, leading to the collapse of said country.

"The Terror of Drillman is a 2003 horror film based on the video game of the same name. Directed by Antony Hoffman and released by American International Pictures, the film's story revolved around three sisters - Astrid, Harriet, and Muriel - who take refuge in an abandoned mansion during a thunderstorm. Their relief turns into terror as the titular Drillman appears and tries to hunt them down."

 

[Deleted member 107190]

"The Terror of Drillman is a 2003 horror film based on the video game of the same name. Directed by Antony Hoffman and released by American International Pictures, the film's story revolved around three sisters - Astrid, Harriet, and Muriel - who take refuge in an abandoned mansion during a thunderstorm. Their relief turns into terror as the titular Drillman appears and tries to hunt them down."

Last words of Oleg the Deluded a Dominican monk of Muscovite origin, June 1321. He is best known for leading a peasants revolt in the Russo-Spanish colony of Hayiti, before dying of yellow fever. To this day, his last words are not truly understood, and are a subjected of intense debate among Catholic scholars.

“Who goes there?”
- Last words of Napoleon V

 

[Fries]

“Who goes there?”
- Last words of Napoleon V

Napoleon V, Emperor of the French (1879 - 1921, d. 42), was assassinated by a Corsican nationalist who had infiltrated the Imperial Palace in a highly disputed order of events. The Emperor was woken in the middle of his sleep by a disturbance, and when he investigated it he was stabbed multiple times: he died two days later, unconscious.

"The history of all society is the history of class collaboration."
- Karl Marx

 

[ShoguntTrooper]

Last words of Oleg the Deluded a Dominican monk of Muscovite origin, June 1321. He is best known for leading a peasants revolt in the Russo-Spanish colony of Hayiti, before dying of yellow fever. To this day, his last words are not truly understood, and are a subjected of intense debate among Catholic scholars.

Jesus Christ, my sides!

A random russian monk just spouting out a movie review would probably lead to quite a few time-travel theories down the line. Once movies on a properly commercial scale become a thing.

"The history of all society is the history of class collaboration."
- Karl Marx

Line taken from "Der Neubau", or "The Rebuilding", Karl Marx' most famous, or infamous, work, advocating for Technocracy and Enlightened Self-Interest. Though Marx never lived up to the ideals he preached, being unemployed and reliant on other's generosity for most of his life, his writing would become the foundation of several social movements and revolutions in the 19th and 20th Centuries, such as the short-lived Paris Technocratic Council, and, more famously, the Russian Revolution, which gave birth to the Perestroika (meaning "rebuilding") Union.

"...after an increasingly unlikely series of events, and hundreds of battles, Harald the Varangian, better known by contemporaries under his Greek name as Charilaos Sigurdos, would ascend to the Byzantine throne. And, despite his origins as a foreign "barbarian", and his marriage to the controversial Empress Zoe Porphyrogenita, he would prove one of the most beloved and celebrated Emperors of the Romans..."

 

[TickTock The Witch's Dead]

"...after an increasingly unlikely series of events, and hundreds of battles, Harald the Varangian, better known by contemporaries under his Greek name as Charilaos Sigurdos, would ascend to the Byzantine throne. And, despite his origins as a foreign "barbarian", and his marriage to the controversial Empress Zoe Porphyrogenita, he would prove one of the most beloved and celebrated Emperors of the Romans..."

An excerpt from the book "The Unlikely Emperor: A History of Harald the Varangian". Harald, or Chariloas I, would be go down in Byzantine history as one of its best warrior emperors for his reconquest of the Levant and Egypt. It helped that Harald was able to call upon tens of thousands of Norman mercenaries for the cause, many taking titles and lands in the newly conquered lands of the Byzantine Empire. Harald would have to go against various Muslim factions as a result. Although he is widely separated in Greece, historians have recently criticized him for the massive expenses he undertook for his conquests which would play a part in the civil war between his descendants that would lead to the empire's downfall and subsequent annexation by the Seljuks.

"I'm about to create the greatest empire the world has ever seen... and the one schlemiel who can louse it up... is waltzing around IN THE WOODS!"

 

[Bbone91]

An excerpt from the book "The Unlikely Emperor: A History of Harald the Varangian". Harald, or Chariloas I, would be go down in Byzantine history as one of its best warrior emperors for his reconquest of the Levant and Egypt. It helped that Harald was able to call upon tens of thousands of Norman mercenaries for the cause, many taking titles and lands in the newly conquered lands of the Byzantine Empire. Harald would have to go against various Muslim factions as a result. Although he is widely separated in Greece, historians have recently criticized him for the massive expenses he undertook for his conquests which would play a part in the civil war between his descendants that would lead to the empire's downfall and subsequent annexation by the Seljuks.

"I'm about to create the greatest empire the world has ever seen... and the one schlemiel who can louse it up... is waltzing around IN THE WOODS!"

From Mel Brooks’s film “Yeshua the Barbarian”. The film is a send-up of sword-and-sorcery style movies such as Conan, and covers the misadventures of Yeshua of Zion, a small (by the standards of his people as shown in a joke where he speaks to his father who looks like an ipside down triangle with a tiny head), nerdy “Failure of a Barbarian”. He decides to liberate the land of Glucosamine from the Evil Wizard Scroob the Nazty and his army of “looters, pillagers, rapists and METHODISTS”. Skroob utters this line upon learning that Yeshua is approaching his Dark Castle-Fortress, Grim Batol, through the Woods of Dismay.

“Sergeant, you DID not just kill a Werewolf, nor did you see me transform into one and hold the other Werewolf down long enough for you to take the shot. We killed a large wolfhound unleashed by the Germans as a terror weapon. Do you understand?”
“Y-yes sir!”

 

[Plateosaurus]

From Mel Brooks’s film “Yeshua the Barbarian”. The film is a send-up of sword-and-sorcery style movies such as Conan, and covers the misadventures of Yeshua of Zion, a small (by the standards of his people as shown in a joke where he speaks to his father who looks like an ipside down triangle with a tiny head), nerdy “Failure of a Barbarian”. He decides to liberate the land of Glucosamine from the Evil Wizard Scroob the Nazty and his army of “looters, pillagers, rapists and METHODISTS”. Skroob utters this line upon learning that Yeshua is approaching his Dark Castle-Fortress, Grim Batol, through the Woods of Dismay.

“Sergeant, you DID not just kill a Werewolf, nor did you see me transform into one and hold the other Werewolf down long enough for you to take the shot. We killed a large wolfhound unleashed by the Germans as a terror weapon. Do you understand?”
“Y-yes sir!”

From the animated war horror movie Mons, the final film of animator John Nicholson before he died at 82, capping off a long career that started at MGM Animation.

"Make a Melboyrner and a Sydneyite get along!? Did you have too much to drink before we got here!?"