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|user name = GusF  
|user name = GusF  
|age = 25
|fav doctor = [[Fourth Doctor]]
|birth date = [[24 May]] [[1987]]  
|fav companion = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]<br>[[Jamie McCrimmon]]<br>[[Peri Brown]]<br>[[Evelyn Smythe]]<br>[[Tegan Jovanka]]<br>[[Ace]]<br>[[Leela]]<br>[[Hex]]<br>[[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]]<br>[[Rose Tyler]]<br>[[Clara Oswald]]
|birth place = Tullamore, Offaly, Ireland |fav doctor = [[Fourth Doctor]]<br>[[Tenth Doctor]]<br>[[Second Doctor]]<br>[[Third Doctor]]
|fav episode = [[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]] / [[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night Thoughts (audio story)|Night Thoughts]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Natural History of Fear (audio story)|The Natural History of Fear]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Butcher of Brisbane (audio story)|The Butcher of Brisbane]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lucie Miller (audio story)|Lucie Miller]]'' / ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mastermind (audio story)|Mastermind]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)|Sympathy for the Devil]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek Soul (audio story)|Dalek Soul]]''<br>[[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]''  
|fav companion = [[Jamie McCrimmon]]<br>[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]<br>[[Peri Brown]]<br>[[Evelyn Smythe]]<br>[[Tegan Jovanka]]<br>[[Ace]]<br>[[Leela]]<br>[[Hex]]
|fav episode = [[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]] / [[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''<br>[[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night Thoughts (audio story)|Night Thoughts]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Natural History of Fear (audio story)|The Natural History of Fear]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Butcher of Brisbane (audio story)|The Butcher of Brisbane]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]''<br>[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lucie Miller (audio story)|Lucie Miller]]'' / ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]''<br>[[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]''  
|languages = English }}
|languages = English }}


Most people call me Gus because, you know, that's my name. Well, it's Aengus really but that's neither here nor there. At the moment, I'm doing a general law LLM in the [[Edinburgh University|University of Edinburgh]]. Before that, I studied Law with history at UCD (it's like Trinity except less crap and with cooler guests like {{w|Michael Palin}}, [[Bill Nighy]] and {{w|John Hurt}}).
My primary area of interest on this Wiki is the [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories]], which I adore. The vast majority of my edits relate to them. I'm also a massive continuity nerd.
 
My favourite film is ''[[Back to the Future]]'', I prefer vanilla over chocolate and my favourite colour is yellow. I've no difficulty seeing it which is a plus.
 
Politically, I'm a dyed in the wool democratic socialist of the {{w|Tony Benn}} school of thought. Some people consider socialism to be a radical philosophy but it's only radical if you consider the ideals of democracy, social justice and equality to be dangerous to the interests of the Establishment and the forces of the status quo.
 
The best music died with [[John Lennon]] and {{w|Freddie Mercury}}. When {{w|Bob Dylan}} and [[Paul McCartney]] shuffle off this mortal coil, the church bells will all be broken.
 
I have a burning desire to seize power in a bloodless coup. All I need is a cadre of fanatics, a megaphone and a tank with "{{w|Ride of the Valkyries}}" playing in the background.


== My first ==
== My first ==
* '''''[[Doctor Who]]'' story''': ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''.
* '''''[[Doctor Who]]'' story''': ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''
* '''''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' story''': ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]''.
* '''''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' story''': ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]''
* '''''[[Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' story''': ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]''.
* '''''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures|Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' story''': ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]''
* '''[[Big Finish Productions]] audio''': ''[[Terror Firma (audio story)|Terror Firma]]''.
* '''''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]'' story''': ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]''
* '''[[First Doctor]] story''': ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''
* '''[[Second Doctor]] story''': ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''
* '''[[Third Doctor]] story''': ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]''
* '''[[Fourth Doctor]] story''': ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]''
* '''[[Fifth Doctor]] story''': ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]''
* '''[[Sixth Doctor]] story''': ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]''
* '''[[Seventh Doctor]] story''': ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''
* '''[[Eighth Doctor]] story''': ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]''
* '''[[War Doctor]] story''': ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]''
* '''[[Ninth Doctor]] story''': ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''
* '''[[Tenth Doctor]] story''': ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]''
* '''[[Eleventh Doctor]] story''': ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]''
* '''[[Twelfth Doctor]] story''': ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]''
* '''[[Thirteenth Doctor]] story''': ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]''
* '''[[Dalek]] story''': ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''
* '''[[Cyberman]] story''': ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]''
* '''[[The Master|Master]] story''': ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]''
* '''[[Big Finish Productions]] audio story''': ''[[Terror Firma (audio story)|Terror Firma]]''
* '''[[First Doctor]] audio story''': ''[[Frostfire (audio story)|Frostfire]]''
* '''[[Second Doctor]] audio story''': ''[[Fear of the Daleks (audio story)|Fear of the Daleks]]''
* '''[[Third Doctor]] audio story''': ''[[The Blue Tooth (audio story)|The Blue Tooth]]''
* '''[[Fourth Doctor]] audio story''': ''[[Doctor Who and the Pescatons (audio story)|Doctor Who and the Pescatons]]''
* '''[[Fifth Doctor]] audio story''': ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]''
* '''[[Sixth Doctor]] audio story''': ''[[Pier Pressure (audio story)|Pier Pressure]]''
* '''[[Seventh Doctor]] audio story''': ''[[Night Thoughts (audio story)|Night Thoughts]]''
* '''[[Eighth Doctor]] audio story''': ''[[Terror Firma (audio story)|Terror Firma]]''
* '''[[Tenth Doctor]] audio story''': ''[[Technophobia (audio story)|Technophobia]]''
* '''[[Eleventh Doctor]] audio story''': ''[[The Runaway Train (audio story)|The Runaway Train]]''
* '''''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' audio story''': ''[[Lost Souls (audio story)|Lost Souls]]''
* '''[[Dalek]] audio story''': ''[[Terror Firma (audio story)|Terror Firma]]''
* '''[[Cyberman]] audio story''': ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]''
* '''[[The Master|Master]] audio story''': ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]''


=== Favourite Quotations ===
== Favourite Quotations ==
''The Great Dictator'' (1940)
{{wi|The Great Dictator}} ([[1940]])


The hate of men will pass and dictators die and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
The hate of men will pass and dictators die and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.


''Gulliver's Travels'' (1726)
{{wi|Gulliver's Travels}} ([[1726]])


[The King of Brobdingnag] was perfectly astonished with the historical account I gave him of our affairs during the last century, protesting it was only a heap of conspiracies, rebellions, murders, massacres, revolutions, banishments, the very worst effects that avarice, faction, hypocrisy, perfidiousness, cruelty, rage, madness, hatred, envy, lust, malice or ambition could produce.
[The King of Brobdingnag] was perfectly astonished with the historical account I gave him of our affairs during the last century, protesting it was only a heap of conspiracies, rebellions, murders, massacres, revolutions, banishments, the very worst effects that avarice, faction, hypocrisy, perfidiousness, cruelty, rage, madness, hatred, envy, lust, malice or ambition could produce.


''V for Vendetta'' (2006)
{{wi|V for Vendetta (film)|V for Vendetta}} ([[2005]])


Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea...and ideas are bulletproof.
Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea...and ideas are bulletproof.


Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
{{w|Thomas Jefferson}} ([[1743]]-[[1826]])


When the people fear their government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.


Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
{{w|Benjamin Franklin}} ([[1706]]-[[1790]])


Those who would give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Those who would give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.


Tony Benn (1925-)
{{w|Tony Benn}} ([[1925]]-[[2014]])


Democracy is always a struggle for justice against the powerful.
Democracy is always a struggle for justice against the powerful.
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If one meets a powerful person - Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates - ask them five questions: "What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?" If you cannot get rid of the people who govern you, you do not live in a democratic system.
If one meets a powerful person - Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates - ask them five questions: "What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?" If you cannot get rid of the people who govern you, you do not live in a democratic system.


Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926)
{{w|Eugene V. Debs}} ([[1855]]-[[1926]])


I have no country to fight for. My country is the Earth. I am a citizen of the world.
I have no country to fight for. My country is the Earth. I am a citizen of the world.
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When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.


The Charter of the United Nations (1945)
{{w|David C. Coates}} ([[1868]]-[[1933]])
 
An injury to one is an injury to all.
 
The {{w|United Nations Charter|Charter of the United Nations}} ([[1945]])


We the people of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war which twice in our lifetimes has brought untold sorrow to mankind.
We the people of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war which twice in our lifetimes has brought untold sorrow to mankind.


Crowfoot (1830-1890)
{{w|Crowfoot}} (c. [[1830]]-[[1890]])


What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.


Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
{{w|Abraham Lincoln}} ([[1809]]-[[1865]])


The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves and then we shall save our country.
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves and then we shall save our country.


Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)
{{w|Dwight D. Eisenhower}} ([[1890]]-[[1969]])


Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.


Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
{{w|Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai Stevenson}} ([[1900]]-[[1965]])


The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live and fear breeds repression. Too often sinister threats to the Bill of Rights, to the freedom of the mind, are concealed under the patriotic cloak of anti-communism.
The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live and fear breeds repression. Too often sinister threats to the Bill of Rights, to the freedom of the mind, are concealed under the patriotic cloak of anti-communism.


Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
{{w|Robert A. Heinlein}} ([[1907]]-[[1988]])


Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.


Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
{{w|Bertrand Russell}} ([[1872]]-[[1970]])


War does not determine who is right, only who is left.
War does not determine who is right, only who is left.


Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960)
{{w|Aneurin Bevan}} ([[1897]]-[[1960]])


No society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means.
No society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means.


Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
{{w|Albert Einstein}} ([[1879]]-[[1955]])


Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.


E. M. Forster (1879-1970)
{{w|E. M. Forster}} ([[1879]]-[[1970]])


If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.


Plato (423 B.C. - 347 B.C.)
{{w|Plato}} ([[BC|423 B.C.]] - [[BC|347 B.C.]])


There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil.
There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil.


George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
{{w|George Bernard Shaw}} ([[1856]]-[[1950]])


What is the matter with the poor is poverty. What is the matter with the rich is uselessness.
What is the matter with the poor is poverty. What is the matter with the rich is uselessness.


François Fénelon (1651-1715)
{{w|François Fénelon}} ([[1651]]-[[1715]])


All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers.
All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers.


''The Third Man'' (1949)
{{w|Clarence Darrow}} ([[1857]]-[[1938]])
 
I am pleading for the future. I am pleading for a time when hatred and cruelty will not control the hearts of men. When we can learn by reason and judgment and understanding and faith that all life is worth saving, and that mercy is the highest attribute of man.
 
{{w|Helen Keller}} ([[1880]]-[[1968]])
 
I am a socialist because I believe that socialism will solve the misery of the world, give work to the man who is hungry and idle and at least give to little children the right to be born free.
 
{{wi|The Third Man}} ([[1949]])


In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.


''The Prisoner'' (1967-1968)
{{wi|The Prisoner}} ([[1967]]-[[1968]])


I resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.


''Babylon 5'' (1994-1998)
Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself.
 
{{wi|Babylon 5}} ([[1994]]-[[1998]])


The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.
The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.
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The past tempts us, the present confuses us and the future frightens us.
The past tempts us, the present confuses us and the future frightens us.


''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1987-1994)
{{wi|Star Trek: The Next Generation}} ([[1987]]-[[1994]])


With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.
With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.
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Villains who twirl their moustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well-camouflaged.
Villains who twirl their moustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well-camouflaged.


''Peter Pan'' (1904)
{{wi|Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica}} ([[2004]]-[[2009]])
 
There's a reason we separate military and the police: one fights the enemy of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.
 
{{wi|Stargate SG-1}} ([[1997]]-[[2007]])
 
Things will not calm down, Daniel Jackson. They will in fact calm up.
 
The universe is vast and we are so small. There is really only one thing we can ever truly control...whether we are good or evil.
 
{{wi|Peter Pan}} ([[1904]])


Second star to the right and straight on till morning.
Second star to the right and straight on till morning.


To live will be an awfully big adventure.
To die would be an awfully big adventure.


Samuel Clemens (1835-1910)
{{w|Mark Twain|Samuel Clemens}} ([[1835]]-[[1910]])


Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.
Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.
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Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or imbeciles who really mean it.
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or imbeciles who really mean it.


Groucho Marx (1890-1977)
{{w|Groucho Marx}} ([[1890]]-[[1977]])


If you want to know if a man is honest, ask him. If he says yes, you know he's crooked.
If you want to know if a man is honest, ask him. If he says yes, you know he's crooked.
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Will you marry me? Did he leave you any money? Answer the second question first.
Will you marry me? Did he leave you any money? Answer the second question first.


''The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4'' (1982)
{{wi|The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾}} ([[1982]])


I'm a committed radical. I am against nearly everything.
I'm a committed radical. I am against nearly everything.


''Spitting Image'' (1984-1996)
{{wi|Spitting Image}} ([[1984]]-[[1996]])


Earthquake in Guatemala. Thatcher responsible.
Earthquake in Guatemala. Thatcher responsible.
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Latest revision as of 15:53, 16 May 2023


My primary area of interest on this Wiki is the Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories, which I adore. The vast majority of my edits relate to them. I'm also a massive continuity nerd.

My first[[edit] | [edit source]]

Favourite Quotations[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Great Dictator (1940)

The hate of men will pass and dictators die and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.

Gulliver's Travels (1726)

[The King of Brobdingnag] was perfectly astonished with the historical account I gave him of our affairs during the last century, protesting it was only a heap of conspiracies, rebellions, murders, massacres, revolutions, banishments, the very worst effects that avarice, faction, hypocrisy, perfidiousness, cruelty, rage, madness, hatred, envy, lust, malice or ambition could produce.

V for Vendetta (2005)

Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea...and ideas are bulletproof.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Those who would give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Tony Benn (1925-2014)

Democracy is always a struggle for justice against the powerful.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

If one meets a powerful person - Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates - ask them five questions: "What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?" If you cannot get rid of the people who govern you, you do not live in a democratic system.

Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926)

I have no country to fight for. My country is the Earth. I am a citizen of the world.

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.

David C. Coates (1868-1933)

An injury to one is an injury to all.

The Charter of the United Nations (1945)

We the people of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war which twice in our lifetimes has brought untold sorrow to mankind.

Crowfoot (c. 1830-1890)

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves and then we shall save our country.

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)

The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live and fear breeds repression. Too often sinister threats to the Bill of Rights, to the freedom of the mind, are concealed under the patriotic cloak of anti-communism.

Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)

Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)

War does not determine who is right, only who is left.

Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960)

No society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means.

Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

E. M. Forster (1879-1970)

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

Plato (423 B.C. - 347 B.C.)

There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil.

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

What is the matter with the poor is poverty. What is the matter with the rich is uselessness.

François Fénelon (1651-1715)

All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers.

Clarence Darrow (1857-1938)

I am pleading for the future. I am pleading for a time when hatred and cruelty will not control the hearts of men. When we can learn by reason and judgment and understanding and faith that all life is worth saving, and that mercy is the highest attribute of man.

Helen Keller (1880-1968)

I am a socialist because I believe that socialism will solve the misery of the world, give work to the man who is hungry and idle and at least give to little children the right to be born free.

The Third Man (1949)

In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.

The Prisoner (1967-1968)

I resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself.

Babylon 5 (1994-1998)

The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.

Understanding is a three edged sword.

The past tempts us, the present confuses us and the future frightens us.

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)

With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.

Villains who twirl their moustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well-camouflaged.

Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009)

There's a reason we separate military and the police: one fights the enemy of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.

Stargate SG-1 (1997-2007)

Things will not calm down, Daniel Jackson. They will in fact calm up.

The universe is vast and we are so small. There is really only one thing we can ever truly control...whether we are good or evil.

Peter Pan (1904)

Second star to the right and straight on till morning.

To die would be an awfully big adventure.

Samuel Clemens (1835-1910)

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.

Those who do not read the newspaper are uninformed. Those who do read the newspaper are misinformed.

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or imbeciles who really mean it.

Groucho Marx (1890-1977)

If you want to know if a man is honest, ask him. If he says yes, you know he's crooked.

Will you marry me? Did he leave you any money? Answer the second question first.

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ (1982)

I'm a committed radical. I am against nearly everything.

Spitting Image (1984-1996)

Earthquake in Guatemala. Thatcher responsible.

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