Player Quotes From Previous Games

Unidentified player, right after the game:

Ninety-nine percent of the players give the rest us a bad name...

U.S. President to Iranian President after yet another face-off involving speedboats attacking tankers in the Hormuz Strait:

Unlike you I have a real navy, and I’m not afraid to use it.

PRC player, remarking on another stalled Japanese budget:

Nothing is fool-proof to a Japanese player.

U.S. Media to a member of U.S. government:

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted and used against you.

U.S. Senator explaining at de-brief why she never ran for Pres:

Eagles soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

Zhirinovsky’s formula for surviving failed coups:

If at first you don't succeed, deny that you even tried.

(Secular) Iranian Pres on sharing power with (clerical) Rahbar:

For every proposal there is an equal and obstinate refusal.

Member of the Russian Duma, at the game de-brief:

I hated being in the Russian cell. No one listens until you make a mistake, and then you never hear the end of it.