History Quotes / DoomedMoralVictor

--> '''[[Literature/TheBible John 3:16]]''', the most famous verse of the New Testament.

->''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''']], ''AdvanceWars Days of Ruin''

-> [[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.]]''"

->'''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''

->'''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''

-->--Joseph Addison, ''Cato, a Tragedy''

-->-- '''MaximilienRobespierre'''

-->--'''DoctorWho''', ''Army of Ghosts''

-> 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]]: ''"SO BE IT!''"
-->-- '''VideoGame/MassEffect3, The final conversation that leads to the [[FaceDeathWithDignity 'Refuse']] [[DownerEnding ending]].

-->--''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar''

-->--''FistOfTheNorthStar''

-->-- [[spoiler: '''Zack:''']], ''FinalFantasyVII: CrisisCore''

-->-- '''MassEffect3, The final conversation that leads to the [[FaceDeathWithDignity 'Refuse']] [[DownerEnding ending]].

-->--'''FranzKafka'''

-->-- ''First Book of the Astronomicon, Parables'', ''{{Warhammer 40000}}''

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-->--'''Jack Donaghy''', ''[[{{ptitleolsdue4jfzga}} 30 Rock]]'', "Season 4"

-> You gaze a the mountain, Children of Terra, you see its snow-capped peak and the clouds upon its slops. Your dream of reaching that pinnacle and drinking the cold waters. But who dreams of the road that ascends the mountain side? The road to the peak is hard and murderous. It has broken countless Children of Terra upon its rocks. Their splintered bones lie scattered upon it, paving the way to the mountain top. 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''', {{Warhammer 40000}}

->You have the moral high ground. I can't change that... but I can destroy you.

->"I have loved justice, and hated iniquity, and therefore die in exile."

->"Better early to your grave than late to your own humanity."

->''"The tyrant dies, his rule ends. The martyr dies, and his rule begins."''
-->-- '''Søren Kierkegaard'''

->''"There is hope, but not for us."''
-->--'''FranzKafka'''

-->''"The whole world will vilify us now, but I am still totally convinced that we did the right thing. Hitler is the archenemy not only of Germany but of the world. When, in few hours' time, I go before God to account for what I have done and left undone, I know I will be able to justify what I did in the struggle against Hitler. God promised Abraham that He would not destroy Sodom if just ten righteous men could be found in the city, and so I hope that for our sake God will not destroy Germany. No one among us can complain about his death, for whoever joined our ranks put on the shirt of Nessus. A man's moral worth is established only at the point where he is ready to give up his life in defense of his convictions."''
-->--'''Major General Herrmann Karl Robert Henning von Tresckow'''

--> ''"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!!"''

---> [[spoiler: '''Zack:''']]''"Boy oh boy. The price of freedom is steep..."''
-->--''FinalFantasyVII: CrisisCore'

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-->-- ''First Book of the Astronomicon, Parables'', {{Warhammer 40000}}

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

->''"The tyrant dies, his rule ends. The martyr dies, and his rule begins."''
-->-- '''Søren Kierkegaard'''

->''"There is hope, but not for us."''
-->--'''FranzKafka'''