History Quotes / PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny

->'''Watzman:''' If the uprising were successful and the Palestinians received their state, what kind of government would it have?

->'''Watzman:''' Then a few years later, you have another election-

-->-- ''Company C'', an autobiography by Israeli soldier Haim Watzman

->'''Jimmy Carr:''' Anything with "Democratic" in the name tends not to be at all, as a rule.
->'''Stephen Fry:''' Absolutely. Same with "People's Republic".

->'''Jimmy Carr:''' You would! I'd let them in the UN!

-->--'''Cap. Picard''', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' ("Legacy")

-->--'''Music/PhilOchs''', "Ballad Of William Worthy"

->''As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except Negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except Negroes, foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty — to {{UsefulNotes/Russia}}, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.''

->''I had seen little evidence that the USSR was progressing towards anything that one could truly call Socialism. On the contrary, I was struck by clear signs of its transformation into a hierarchical society, in which the rulers have no more reason to give up their power than any other ruling class.''

->''The spade is your pen, the rice field your paper''
-->--Maoist slogan appropriated by the [[{{UsefulNotes/Cambodia}} Kmher Rouge]]

->''UsefulNotes/NorthKorea is trying to build up its tourism by showcasing the 'natural beauty' that exists there. Considering the nation's near total lack of development it does indeed have [[BadNewsInAGoodWay a lot of natural wonders.]]''

->''"Well, you know, I've always thought that the PLO is the most corrupt and incompetent Third World movement I've ever seen. I mean, they've always ''presented'' themselves as revolutionaries waving around guns, Marx, etc.--but they're basically conservative nationalists, and they always ''were'' conservative nationalists. The rest was all pretense."''
-->--'''Noam Chomsky''' on Yassar Arafat, ''Understanding Power''

->''As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except Negroes." [[UsefulNotes/JamesBuchanan When the Know Nothings get control,]] it will read "all men are created equal, except Negroes, foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty — to {{UsefulNotes/Russia}}, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.''

-->--''Wiki/RationalWiki''

->"This is the land of opportunity. The opportunity to [[BaitAndSwitchComment turn yourself in.]]"

->"Every faction in Africa calls themselves by these noble names: Liberation-this, Patriotic-that, Democratic Republic of something-or-other. I guess they can't own up to what they usually are: "Federation of Worse Oppressors Than the Last Bunch of Oppressors."

->''Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.''
-->-- '''''[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Mort]]'''''

->''Korell is that frequent phenomenon in history: the republic whose ruler has every attribute of the absolute monarch but the name. It therefore enjoyed the usual despotism unrestrained even by those two moderating influences in the legitimate monarchies: regal 'honor' and court etiquette.''
-->--'''''Literature/TheMerchantPrinces'''''

->''Sub-Saharan Africa's largest nation has grown more oppressive over the decades, and its name has kept pace.

->''The old Baron had decreed a meridian-to-meridian rest from labors, and effort had been spent in the family city of Harko to create the illusion of gaiety: banners flew from buildings, new paint had been splashed on the walls along Court Way. But off the main way, Count Fenring and his lady noted the rubbish heaps, the scabrous brown walls reflected in the dark puddles of the streets, and the furtive scurrying of the people.''
-->--'''''Literature/{{Dune}}'''''

->"'Coalition.' 'Alliance.' It all sounds so reasonable, but what you've described is the behaviour of urban street thugs."

-->--'''''{{Theatre/Cabaret}}''''', "Tomorrow Belongs to Me"

->''Citizens shall have freedom of speech, press, assembly, demonstration, and association. The state shall guarantee conditions for the free activities of democratic political parties and social organizations.''
-->--'''Article 67, Chapter VII of the Constitution of the [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea]]'''

->"Well, you know, I've always thought that the PLO is the most corrupt and incompetent Third World movement I've ever seen. I mean, they've always ''presented'' themselves as revolutionaries waving around guns, Marx, etc.--but they're basically conservative nationalists, and they always ''were'' conservative nationalists. The rest was all pretense."

->"The difference between a republic and a people's republic is a lot like the difference between a jacket and a straitjacket."

Your children have waited to see\\

Tomorrow belongs to me"''

->''Sub-saharan Africa's largest nation has grown more oppressive over the decades, and its name has kept pace.\\\
[[UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo Congo]]. Lies in name: 0. Oppression level: bloody.\\

->''The old Baron had decreed a meridian-to-meridian rest from labors, and effort had been spent in the family city of Harko to create the illusion of gaiety: banners flew from buildings, new paint had been splashed on the walls along Court Way. But off the main way, Count Fenring and his lady noted the rubbish heaps, the scabrous brown walls reflected in the dark puddles of the streets, and the furtive scurrying of the people.''
-->--'''''Literature/{{Dune}}'''''

->"Every faction in Africa calls themselves by these noble names: Liberation-this, Patriotic-that, Democratic Republic of something-or-other. I guess they can't own up to what they usually are" Federation of Worse Oppressors Than the Last Bunch of Oppressors."
-->-- '''Yuri Orlov''', '''''Film/LordOfWar'''''

->Sub-saharan Africa's largest nation has grown more oppressive over the decades, and its name has kept pace.
->Congo. Lies in name: 0. Oppression level: bloody.
->Republic of the Congo. Lies in name: 1. Oppression level: sadistic.
->Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lies in name: 2. Oppression level: inhuman.
->People's Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lies in name: 3. Oppression level: genocidal.
->[[Music/{{REM}} Shiny Happy People's]] Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lies in name: 5. Oppression level: [[DontAskJustRun hide]].
-->-- ''Literature/AmericaTheBook''

-->--Maoist slogan appropriated by the [[UsefulNotes/Cambodia Kmher Rouge]]

!!!Fiction

->''"Now Fatherland, Fatherland, show us the sign\\
Your children have waited to see\\
The morning will come\\
When [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany the world is mine]]\\
Tomorrow belongs to me"''
-->--'''''{{Theatre/Cabaret}}''''', "Tomorrow Belongs to Me"

->''"But somehow it is strange to hear the state department say\\
You are living in the free world, in the free world [[RunForTheBorder you must stay]]"''
-->--'''Music/PhilOchs''', "Ballad Of William Worthy"

->''""Coalition." "Alliance." It all sounds so reasonable, but what you've described is the behaviour of urban street thugs."''
-->--'''Cap. Picard''', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' ("Legacy")

->''"This is the land of opportunity. The opportunity to [[BaitAndSwitchComment turn yourself in.]]"''

->''"Every faction in Africa calls themselves by these noble names: Liberation-this, Patriotic-that, Democratic Republic of something-or-other. I guess they can't own up to what they usually are -- Federation of Worse Oppressors Than the Last Bunch of Oppressors."''

->''"Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote."''
-->-- '''''[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Mort]]'''''

->''"Korell is that frequent phenomenon in history: the republic whose ruler has every attribute of the absolute monarch but the name. It therefore enjoyed the usual despotism unrestrained even by those two moderating influences in the legitimate monarchies: regal 'honor' and court etiquette."''
-->--"Literature/TheMerchantPrinces"

[cut to shot of a hanged person]"''
-->-- '''The Mayor of Sodom''', '''''Film/ThisIsSodom'''''

->''"I had seen little evidence that the USSR was progressing towards anything that one could truly call Socialism. On the contrary, I was struck by clear signs of its transformation into a hierarchical society, in which the rulers have no more reason to give up their power than any other ruling class."''

->''"Well, you know, I've always thought that the PLO is the most corrupt and incompetent Third World movement I've ever seen. I mean, they've always ''presented'' themselves as revolutionaries waving around guns, Marx, etc.--but they're basically conservative nationalists, and they always ''were'' conservative nationalists. The rest was all pretense."''
-->--'''Noam Chomsky''' on Yassar Arafat, ''Understanding Power''


->''"Citizens shall have freedom of speech, press, assembly, demonstration, and association. The state shall guarantee conditions for the free activities of democratic political parties and social organizations."''

->''"UsefulNotes/NorthKorea is trying to build up its tourism by showcasing the 'natural beauty' that exists there. Considering the nation's near total lack of development it does indeed have [[BadNewsInAGoodWay a lot of natural wonders]]."''

->''"The difference between a republic and a people's republic is a lot like the difference between a jacket and a straitjacket."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan'''[[labelnote:*]]An authoritarian socialist will tell you Reagan is, for once, entirely correct here, inasmuch as the latter is a necessary restraint to prevent psychopaths and other dangerously unstable people from harming themselves and others, while the former is little more than a fashion statement.[[/labelnote]]

-->-- '''UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan'''[[labelnote:*]]A socialist will tell you Reagan is, for once, entirely correct here, inasmuch as the latter is a necessary restraint to prevent psychopaths and other dangerously unstable people from harming themselves and others, while the former is little more than a fashion statement.[[/labelnote]]

-->-- '''''Literature/{{Foundation}}'''''

-->-- '''The Mayor of Sododm''', '''''Film/ThisIsSodom'''''

->''"The cast of warlords in the former Yugoslavia was made up of the dregs of Yugoslav society. These thieves, embezzlers, and even {{professional killer}}s swiftly became war heroes. They were, at least, colorful, with Captain Dragen, a Serbian solider of fortune who was allegedly [[BoxedCrook an ex-convict from Australia]]; the fascist demagogue Vojislav Šešelj, and Željko Ražnatović, known as Arkan, who had a criminal record in several Western European countries. The Croats had their own collection of gangsters, including Branimir Glavaš, who stormed into Serbian villages with his militias and executed the Serbian policemen who had tried to stop the nationalist mobs from killing them. The gangsters who took over Sarajevo at the start of the war to battle the Serbs were no different. Loot and power were always their primary objectives."''
-->--'''Chris Hedges''' on UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars, ''War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning''

-->--''RationalWiki''

->''"NorthKorea is trying to build up its tourism by showcasing the 'natural beauty' that exists there. Considering the nation's near total lack of development it does indeed have [[BadNewsInAGoodWay a lot of natural wonders]]."''