History Quotes / DirtyBusiness

->'''[[Franchise/XMen Titan]]:''' How did it feel when you killed Zenith? Our brother Guardsman?\\

-->--''[[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln Abe Lincoln]] in Illinois'' (1940)

-> '''The Operative''': I believe in something greater than myself. A better world. A world without sin.
-> '''Mal''': So me and mine gotta lay down and die... so you can live in your better world?
-> '''The Operative''': I'm not going to live there. There's [[NoPlaceForMeThere no place for me there]]... any more than there is for you. Malcolm... I'm a monster. [[NecessarilyEvil What I do is evil. I have no illusions about it, but it must be done]].
-->-- ''Film/{{Serenity}}''

->'''Rorschach''': Blake's murder. You confess?\\
'''The BigBad''': "Confession" implies repentance. I merely [[DistinctionWithoutADifference regret his involvement]].
-->-- ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}''

->'''Jouster''': You want us to ''keep your secret?''
->'''Alexandria''': Not the secret. Echidna. Four capes were inside her when she was scoured away. More were injured or killed in the course of the fight, or in Shatterbird's attack. We can't cover that up. We shouldn't. They were good capes. But we can't tell the whole story.
->'''Rime''': [[BrokenPedestal You don't get to say that. You have no place, saying that]].
->'''Alexandria''': I won't argue. Everything we did, we did for the right reasons. I understand it's ugly, without the context.

-->-- '''Merle Dixon''', ''Series/TheWalkingDead''

-> '''The Operative''': I'm not going to live there. There's [[NoPlaceForMeThere no place for me there]]... any more than there is for you. Malcolm... I'm a monster. [[NecessarilyEvil What I do is evil. I have no illusions about it, but it must be done.]]

'''The Big Bad''': "Confession" implies repentance. I merely [[DistinctionWithoutADifference regret his involvement.]]

->'''Alexandria''': Not the secret. Echidna. Four capes were inside her when she was scoured away. More were injured or killed in the course of the fight, or in Shatterbird’s attack. We can’t cover that up. We shouldn’t. They were good capes. But we can’t tell the whole story.
->'''Rime''': [[BrokenPedestal You don’t get to say that. You have no place, saying that.]]
->'''Alexandria''': I won’t argue. Everything we did, we did for the right reasons. I understand it’s ugly, without the context.
-->--''Literature/{{Worm}}''

->''"That's it, is it? I'm not virtuous enough for you, not noble? Fine, quit! Next time you need a deal made, call the Dalai Lama. A long time ago, I had to make a choice between being a good agent and a good person, because trust me, you can't be both! So forgive me if I don't have time to make everybody warm and fuzzy. I am just too busy spending every waking minute pouring any drink, pulling any shameless tricks I can to make my clients' dreams come true! '''[[LargeHam I AM A STARMAKER!]]'''''

->'''Misato''':''"I'm the fool. And I've become a monster."''\\
'''Kaji''':''"You made hard choices. And you had your responsibilities."''\\
'''Misato''':''"So much blood, Kaji. I have so much blood on my hands."''\\
'''Kaji''':''"But you knew had to, [...] You had a reason."''

'''ComicBook/CarolDanvers:''' Well, it wasn’t something I enjoyed. If there was a different way to go back and do it, I would. But we were in battle. It’s the age-old soldier’s question. 'Who's it gonna be, me or him?' I didn’t have anything against him. But I imagine every one of you knows about war.

'''Jake:''' Yeah, but I made the call. I pulled the plug. So why don't you tell me: How is that prosecutor wrong? [[NotSoDifferent How is Visser One evil]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters and I'm not?]] I'd really like to know that.\\

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->'''Merle Dixon:''' Maybe these people need somebody like me around, someone to do their dirty work; a bad guy.
-->-- ''Series/TheWalkingDead''

'''Cassie:''' No, Jake, it isn't. There are a lot of close calls in history, lots of wars where the blame is evenly split between the sides. This isn't one of them [...] This one is clear: We are the victims. They made war on us.\\
-- ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' #54, ''The Beginning''

'''Marco:''' Did what you had to do, man. We all did.\\

-->-- ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' #54, ''The Beginning''

'''[[spoiler:Adrian Veidt]]''': "Confession" implies repentance. I merely [[DistinctionWithoutADifference regret his involvement.]]

-->-- '''Curtis LeMay'''

-->--''[[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln Abe Lincoln]] in Illonois'' (1940)

->'''[[TheCape Alexandria]]''': Not the secret. Echidna. Four capes were inside her when she was scoured away. More were injured or killed in the course of the fight, or in Shatterbird’s attack. We can’t cover that up. We shouldn’t. They were good capes. But we can’t tell the whole story.
->'''[[AnIcePerson Rime]]''': [[BrokenPedestal You don’t get to say that. You have no place, saying that.]]

->'''[[VillainProtagonist Skitter]]''': Are you fighting to keep the PRT going, or are you working to rebuild it?
->'''[[CaptainPatriotic Miss Militia]]''': Rebuild it.
->'''Skitter''': And you’re doing it by starting with a lie. Just like [[BrokenPedestal they]] did.
->'''Miss Militia''': Yes. There’s no pretty, perfect answers, and concessions have to be made. Questions and issues on a greater scale mean more repercussions for failure, and they call for bigger concessions if we want to ensure success.
-->-- '''Miss Militia and Skitter''' discuss lying to the public for the greater good, ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/cell-22-6/ Cell 22.6]]

-->-- '''OddThomas''', ''Odd Hours''

'''[[spoiler:Adrian Veidt]]''': "Confession" implies repentance. I merely [[NoExceptYes regret his involvement.]]

-> '''Merle Dixon''': Maybe these people need somebody like me around, someone to do their dirty work; a bad guy.
-->-- ''{{Walking Dead}}''

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'''[[spoiler:Adrian Veidt]]''': "Confession" implies repentance. I merely regret his involvement.

-->-- '''Bebe Glazer''', ''Series/{{Frasier}}

-->-- ''{{WalkingDead}}''

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->'''Rorschach:''' Blake's murder. You confess?\\
'''[[spoiler:Adrian Veidt:]]''' "Confession" implies repentance. I merely regret his involvement.

-> '''The Operative''': I'm not going to live there. There's no place for me there... any more than there is for you. Malcolm... I'm a monster. What I do is evil. I have no illusions about it, but it must be done.

'''[[spoiler:Adrian Veidt:]]''' 'Confession' implies repentance. I merely regret his involvement.

-->-- ''Comics/{{Watchmen}}''

-->-- ''{{Serenity}}''