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LISTEN, STRANGE WOMEN LYING IN PONDS DISTRIBUTING SWORDS IS NO BASIS FOR A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT ... YOU CAN'T EXPECT TO WIELD SUPREME POWER JUST 'CAUSE SOME WATERY TART THREW A SWORD AT YOU!
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YOU CAN'T GO AROUND ARRESTING THE THIEVES' GUILD. I MEAN, WE'D BE AT IT ALL DAY!
Are these from a video game or Terry Pratchett's Night Watch books?
They're both in Civ VI, but the first is a Monty Python quote.
Though thank you for pointing out how much the first sounds like Sir Pterry