What is the most cowardly and shameful thing in human conduct? It’s when people with power, and people who flatter them, hide in safe places and extol war, force patriotism and self-sacrifice upon others, and then send them to the battlefield to die.
Although as soon as I look at a delicious meat dish, I break my commandments at once. Yang: No, but you could say I’m a veganist. Yang: Really? People may need societies, but they don’t necessarily need “nations.” Nobody can live alone, and thus the nation holds indispensable value to the people. Inquistor Negroponty: Axiomatic, eh? My understanding is rather different. In a democratic society, it is axiomatic as to which one is the master and which the servant. Instead, it is individuals with autonomous intent who gather to establish a nation. Yang: A nation doesn’t create individuals by cellular division. “The nation that neglects social inequality, mischievously increases military budgets, and then uses its power internally to suppress the citizens on the pretext of invasion by an external enemy is on the road to extinction.” –Adrian Rubinsky, one of the main villains of LoGH, episode 30. Because if the people in power don’t respect their own laws, the standards of society itself slacken.” It’s a cunning but risky way of doing things. “While the leaders of the Free Planets Alliance extol democracy, in reality, by ignoring laws and rules, they reduce it to a mere form. Rather, using their imperfect parents as anti-teachers, children nourish a spirit of independence.” “Children don’t grow up looking at perfect parents.
For that alone, you aren’t fit to criticize the despotic Imperial government or Alliance politics.” Political corruption means the people aren’t free to criticize politicians for taking bribes. That’s just the corruption of individual politicians. “Political corruption isn’t just politicians taking bribes. “I think despots are any statesmen not chosen by the people who rule by means of force and steal the peoples’ freedom. However, I repeat, they’re very spoilery, so don’t look at em if you haven’t finished the series!! It’s one of the best animes ever made, IMO, and I think these quotes demonstrate why I and many others like it so much. As far as I know, it’s the longest OVA ever! It revolves around the conflict between the Free Planets Alliance, a democracy, and the autocratic, Prussian-inspired Galactic Reich in the far future. LoGH was originally a novel series by Yoshiki Tanaka before being turned into a 110 episode Original Video Animation (OVA). All of these are from Legend of the Galactic heroes this time. I originally posted these on my Livejournal, so they may be a little disorganized, but their strength should make up for it, IMO. Hey guys! Gunlord again, giving you my second QUOTES entry.
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