History Quotes / DoomedMoralVictor

-->-- ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''

->'''Hobbes:''' ..um.. has Stupendous Man ''ever'' won a battle?\\

-->-- '''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'''

->'''Rose Tyler''': Doctor, they've got guns.\\
'''The Doctor''': And I haven't. Which makes me the better person, don't you think? They can shoot me dead, but the moral high-ground is mine.
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Army of Ghosts"

-->-- '''Dale Horvath''', ''Series/TheWalkingDead''

-->-- ''VideoGame/Infamous2'', Evil ending

-->--'''Manuel''', ''Film/{{Z}}''

'''Krillin:''' Thanks for noticing! Ugh!\\

'''[[spoiler:Zeke:]]''' ...twice as bright. [[LastStand ...I gotta try.]]\\

'''Cell:''' That right there...[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech that is why I despise you. You know what they all have in common? The Saiyans might be fools, the humans might be weak, and the Namekian might not belong...but they're still out there fighting. Not just for their lives, but for this dung hill of a world.]] \\

'''Krillin:''' Thanks for noticing! [[ColdBloodedTorture Ugh!]]\\
'''Gohan:''' [[SayMyName KRILLIN!]]\\

-->-- '''James [=McPherson=]''', ''Battle Cry for Freedom''.

->Hobbes: ''"..um.. has Stupendous Man ''ever'' won a battle?"''
->Calvin: ''"Well, they're all ''moral'' victories."''
-->-- '''CalvinAndHobbes'''

->'''Gohan:''' P-Please! I take back what I said about my hidden power! I don't wanna fight you! This is my Dad's fight, not mine! So I'm begging you: just rein them in! Give my dad a Senzu Bean and- \\
'''Cell:''' And there it is.\\

'''Cell:''' That right there...that is why I despise you. You know what they all have in common? The Saiyans might be fools, the humans might be weak, and the Namekian might not belong...but they're still out there fighting. Not just for their lives, but for this dung hill of a world. \\

'''Krillin:''' Thanks for noticing! Ugh!\\
'''Gohan:''' KRILLIN!\\
'''Cell:''' But none of them, boy--not a one--shares that trait with you so vile, it drives me to retch! You, Gohan...are a coward. \\
'''Gohan:''' No... I'm just a pacifist! \\
'''Cell:''' So a coward patting himself on the back. Congratulations, pint-size, you can stand proud next to the bodies.

->''"You think you're better than everyone else. But there you stand, the good man doing nothing. But while evil triumphs, and your rigid pacifism crumbles into blood-stained ''dust'', the only victory afforded to you is that you stuck true to your guns. You are a coward. To your last whimper."''

-->-- '''Android 16''', ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''

-->--'''Creator/FranzKafka'''

-->--'''Jack Donaghy''', ''Series/ThirtyRock'', "Season 4"

-->--''Series/DoctorWho'', "Army of Ghosts"

->''As summer turned to fall and additional recruits did not arrive, [John] Brown decided to go with what he had. A sort of fatalism stole over him. He wrote a "Vindication of the Invasion" in the past tense as if it had already failed. When he finally moved, in mid-October, he did so without previous notice to the slaves he expected to join him, without rations, without having scouted any escape routes from Harper's Ferry, with no apparent idea of what to do after capturing the armory buildings. It was almost as if he knew that failure with its ensuing martyrdom would do more to achieve his ultimate goal than any "success" could have done. In any event, that was how matters turned out.''

-->-- [[spoiler:'''Captain Brenner''']], ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars Days of Ruin''

-> ''"My body may die; I may be reduced to but a single drop of blood. But those with Kenshiro's courage will rise time and again to face you; while you, Raoh, will live for the rest of your life but a mere terrified coward!!"''
-->--''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''

-->-- [[spoiler: '''Zack:''']], ''VideoGame/CrisisCore''

-->--'''Major General Herrmann Karl Robert Henning von Tresckow'''

-> ''"At every step you will hear the bones crumbling under foot, and maybe you shall hear the wind-blown voices of the dead -- guiding you forward or leading you to your doom. Yes, my children, the way to the mountain is cruel and unforgiving. And of those who struggle their long lives, spending their energy and vigour in the climb, who then can taste the melt-water of the summit and say, 'Yes... yes it was worthwhile?'"''
-->-- ''First Book of the Astronomicon, Parables'', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''

-> '''[[spoiler:Catalyst]]''': ''"Your time is at an end. [[SadisticChoice You must decide]].''"
-> '''Shepard''': ''"No. I'm going to end this war on my terms.''"
-> '''[[spoiler:Catalyst]]''': ''"Then you are going to die knowing that you failed to save everything you fought for.''"
-> '''Shepard''': ''"I fight for freedom, mine and everybody's. I fight for the right to choose our own fate. And if I die, I'll die knowing that I did everything I could to stop you. [[IDieFree And I'll die free]].''"
-> '''[[spoiler:Catalyst]]''': ''"[[AC:SO BE IT.]]''"
-->-- '''VideoGame/MassEffect3''', the final conversation that leads to the [[FaceDeathWithDignity 'Refuse']] [[DownerEnding ending]].

->"...I may not have what it takes to last for long, but that's okay. Because at least I can say when the world goes to shit, I didn't let it take me down with it."
-->--'''Dale Horvath''', ''Series/TheWalkingDead''

-> '''Wan''': There wasn't enough time.\\

-->--''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', ''Beginnings Part 2''

->PORTIUS: 'Tis not in mortals to command success; but we'll do more, Sempronius--we'll deserve it.
-->--'''Joseph Addison''', ''Cato, a Tragedy''

-> ''For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.''
-->-- '''[[Literature/TheBible John 3:16]]''', the most famous verse of the New Testament.

-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Infamous 2}}'', Evil ending

'''[[spoiler:Zeke:]]''' ...twice as bright. ...I gotta try.\\

-->-- ''VideoGame{{Infamous 2}}, Evil ending