History Quotes / LawfulGood

->''"No day goes by where I am not tempted to return to my inborn nature. ''Zin krif haalvut se suleyk.''[[labelnote:Translation]]Approximately: "Honor fights the touch of power."[[/labelnote]] What is better? To be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"''
-->-- '''Paarthurnax''', ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''

->''"It doesn't matter what dirty tactics your foes use or how much the odds are stacked against you. I believe in the law. If we really want to change the world, we have to do it by the book.''"
-->-- '''Machias Regnitz''', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel IV''

->''"We all - mortal and god alike - can share this world. But for us to work together, consensus and law are required."''
-->-- '''Armadyl''', the God of Law, ''VideoGame/RuneScape''

-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''[='=]s [[https://splatoonus.tumblr.com/post/186201194199/capn-cuttlefish-agent-3-team-order-were-on Squid Research Lab]] on '''Cap'n Cuttlefish''' & '''Agent 3'''

->''Deedee nodded. "It is my duty. I give other kwami time to recuperate from injury or illness while allowing their wielder to remain at the frontlines. My gifts are suitable replacements for most kwami and, as I am healer and protector of the hive, it is my honour to serve."\\

"I do not understand the purpose of your question," Deedee said, cocking her head at him. "This is what I chose. Other kwami bind themselves to one wielder. I bind myself to all. I protect the hive; this is my purpose. And I'm good at it."''

->[[AC:1. Serve the public trust.\\

3. Uphold the law.]]

->''"A lawful good person acts as a good person is expected or required to act. She combines a commitment to opposing evil with the discipline to fight relentlessly. She tells the truth, keeps her word, helps those in need, and speaks out against injustice. A lawful good character hates to see the guilty go unpunished. [...] Lawful good is the best alignment you can be because it combines honor and compassion."''

-->-- ''The Acts of Iomedae, TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}''

->''"We’re on duty today, whether you like it or not. Can’t sleep while the enemy plots!"\\
Agents 1 and 2 are generally busy with their own problems these days, so these guardians of order protect the denizens of Inkopolis from the shadows.''

->''"[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002794 The mail is sacred,]] and sacred is the trust between the Post Man and the recipients of his precious parcels. You have made a solemn pledge to deliver this letter to the doctor, just as soon as you determine where this address is, or find any sort of discernible mailing address in this wasteland, for that matter. The mail is freedom. The mail is life. The mail is the very fabric of civiliz...\\

'''MAIL.'''"''

-->-- '''Franchise/{{Robocop}}'s''' prime directives

'''ComicBook/GreenLantern''': We have to. Think of the others like us. We need to be held accountable. [[ComesGreatResponsibility We have too much power not to be]].

-->--''Film/Thefilm''

->1. Serve the public trust.\\

3. Uphold the law.

->The main thing I keep in mind during these cases is to serve the law and people. To see them as equal despite practicality and contradictions of the situation dangling before you.

->Do you know the most demeaning thing you can do to the law that we should respect? Creating and administering a law that is unworthy of protection.

->Deedee nodded. "It is my duty. I give other kwami time to recuperate from injury or illness while allowing their wielder to remain at the frontlines. My gifts are suitable replacements for most kwami and, as I am healer and protector of the hive, it is my honour to serve."\\

"I do not understand the purpose of your question," Deedee said, cocking her head at him. "This is what I chose. Other kwami bind themselves to one wielder. I bind myself to all. I protect the hive; this is my purpose. And I'm good at it."

->I had to prove to myself that the Law could be proper and righteous and for the good of humankind. [[ByTheBookCop It was from that moment that I was destined to be a police officer.]]

->I swear to seek justice, to let it guide me, until I find a more perfect Ideal.

->I swore to uphold and defend the Crown, my lord. And that means I am bound by the law. One does not arrest, judge, sentence, or execute prisoners without the due course of the law. Neither does an agent of the Crown betray her word once given.

->The machine ain't broken, Carcer. The machine is waiting for you. The city will kill you dead. The proper wheels will turn. It'll be fair, I'll make sure of that.

->Law is order and order is law and it must be the highest thing. The world runs on it, the heavens run on it and without order, lad, one second cannot follow another.

->For as long as I'd known her, Murphy had upheld the law. She had a good head on her shoulders when it came to the nature of good and evil and right and wrong, but her first duty had been to the law. She'd believed in it, that it was the best way to help and protect her fellow man. She'd had faith that the power of the law, while imperfect, was absolute - almost holy. It was a rallying point in her soul, a foundation block of her strength.

->That was good of you. That was lawful good of you.

->Rights, sir, human rights. The Bible, the Code of Hammurabi and of Justinian, Magna Carta, the Constitution of the United States, [[FamousFamousFictional Fundamental Declarations of the Martian colonies, the Statutes of Alpha Three.]] Gentlemen, these documents all speak of rights. Rights of the accused to a trial by his peers, to be represented by counsel, the rights of cross-examination, but most importantly, the right to be confronted by the witnesses against him...

->You wanted a chance to make law? Well, here it is. Make it a good one.

->Couple weeks from now, you're gonna be in some district somewhere with 11 or 12 uniforms looking to you for everything. And some of them are gonna be good police. Some of them are gonna be young and stupid. A few are gonna be pieces of shit. But all of them will take their cue from you. You show loyalty, they learn loyalty. You show them it's about the work, it'll be about the work. You show them some other kinda game, then that's the game they'll play.

->A lawful good person acts as a good person is expected or required to act. She combines a commitment to opposing evil with the discipline to fight relentlessly. She tells the truth, keeps her word, helps those in need, and speaks out against injustice. A lawful good character hates to see the guilty go unpunished. [...] Lawful good is the best alignment you can be because it combines honor and compassion.

->Justice and honor are a heavy burden for the righteous. We carry this weight so that the weak may grow strong and the meek grow brave.

->Justice is all. Honor is my armor. He who commits a crime will pay. Without law and truth, there is only chaos. I am the light, I am the sword of righteousness. My enemy shall pay in the end. Right is might. My soul is pure. My word is truth.

->Absolute freedom is no better than chaos. Society needs laws and regulations to protect it.

->It's not the severity of punishment that deters criminals. It's the ''certainty'' of it.

->The point of all this, I guess, is that when you cut corners... it's not always obvious who pays for it.

->Rules do not exist to limit you. They exist so that you may know your freedoms.

->You came to us in search of a purpose, and mark this: there is no purpose greater than ours. The world will founder without structure and discipline. It needs leadership to guide it to a new age of stability. It needs those with the will to stamp out the darkness that breeds in the cracks. We do this because we are compelled - by [[GoodOldWays tradition]], by [[UndyingLoyalty loyalty]], by ''[[ByTheBookCop laws]].'' Without these, we are just animals. Evil rules over animals, corrupting and compromising, toppling empires; so our empire must be ''incorruptible'', must be ''uncompromising.'' Our conflict must be a righteous one. Your conviction will be tested, but among us, your faith will be unshaken... among the Templars.

-> Agents 1 and 2 are generally busy with their own problems these days, so these guardians of order protect the denizens of Inkopolis from the shadows.
-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''[='=]s [[https://splatoonus.tumblr.com/post/186201194199/capn-cuttlefish-agent-3-team-order-were-on official Tumblr]] on '''Cap'n Cuttlefish''' & '''Agent 3'''

->The law is the end product of many years of history... the fruit of human knowledge! Like a gem, polished to a gleam through trials... and errors. It is this fruit we receive, and pass on, and face in our time. And it is always changing, growing. Nurturing it is our task as human beings.

->[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002794 The mail is sacred,]] and sacred is the trust between the Post Man and the recipients of his precious parcels. You have made a solemn pledge to deliver this letter to the doctor, just as soon as you determine where this address is, or find any sort of discernible mailing address in this wasteland, for that matter. The mail is freedom. The mail is life. The mail is the very fabric of civiliz...\\

'''MAIL.'''

->The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.

->I love this Senate; I love it dearly. I love the Senate for its rules; I love the Senate for its precedents; I love the Senate for the difference that it can make in peoples' lives.

-> For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.

->He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done.

->Without justice, courage is weak.

->Then Anu and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure the exalted prince]], who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil-doers; so that the strong should not harm the weak.

->True peace is not merely the absence of tension. It is the presence of justice.

->To destroy this invisible Government, this unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day. This country belongs to the people. Its resources, its business, its laws, its institutions should be utilized, maintained, or altered in whatever manner will best promote the general interest.

->Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law.

->If there be in nature such a principle as justice, it is necessarily the only political principle there ever was, or ever will be. All the other so-called political principles, which men are in the habit of inventing, are not principles at all.

->No Freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his Freehold, or Liberties, or free Customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any other wise destroyed; nor will We not pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the land. We will sell to no man, we will not deny or defer to any man either Justice or Right.

->No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

->'''Aveline:''' What ''now'', mage?\\
'''Anders:''' Nothing.\\
'''Aveline:''' Right. Any second, I'll surrender to the almighty power of "guard captain" and enslave all mages.\\
'''Anders:''' What are you talking about?\\
'''Aveline:''' Look out. Authority! Oooo!
-->-- ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII: Legacy''

->'''Frederick Lantze:''' The Centauri are furious over this incident.
->'''Captain Sheridan:''' What was I supposed to do, stand by and let them blow this place to bits?
->'''Lantze:''' You destroyed a Centauri warship!
->'''Sheridan:''' You're damn straight! And if I hadn't, you and I wouldn't be here to have this conversation. They fired first, Mr. Lantz. I have an obligation to protect this station.
->'''Lantz:''' You have no business helping a Narn cruiser.
->'''Sheridan:''' Are you telling me to disobey regulations?
->'''Lantz:''' What regulations?
->'''Sheridan:''' General Order 37: Earth Force personnel are required to answer distress calls and assist any vessel not currently involved in hostilities against Earth. Now, it may not have been politically convenient, but morally and legally, it was the right decision.
-->-- '''Series/Babylon5'''

-->-- '''Samuel Vimes''', ''Discworld/NightWatch''

-->-- '''Samuel Vimes''', ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}''

-->-- Templar Faction Trailer, ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''

-->--'''Second Ideal of the Skybreakers''', ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''

->''Justice is all. Honor is my armor. He who commits a crime will pay. Without law and truth, there is only chaos. I am the light, I am the sword of righteousness. My enemy shall pay in the end. Right is might. My soul is pure. My word is truth.''

-->-- '''Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'''

->No Freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his Freehold, or Liberties, or free Customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any other wise destroyed; nor will We not pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the land. We will sell to no man, we will not deny or defer to any man either Justice or Right.
-->-- Magna Carta Libertatum, 39th Clause

-->--'''Second Ideal of the Skybreakers''', ''Literature/TheStormlighArchive''

->Justice and honor are a heavy burden for the righteous. We carry this weight so that the weak may grow strong and the meek grow brave

->That was good of you. [[OneOfUs That was lawful good of you.]]

->Deedee nodded. "It is my duty. I give other kwami time to recuperate from
injury or illness while allowing their wielder to remain at the frontlines. My
gifts are suitable replacements for most kwami and, as I am healer and protector
of the hive, it is my honour to serve."\\
"Doesn't that ever get lonely?" Adrien asked. "Don't you want your own
wielder?"\\
"I do not understand the purpose of your question," Deedee said, cocking her
head at him. "This is what I chose. Other kwami bind themselves to one wielder.
I bind myself to all. I protect the hive; this is my purpose. And I'm good at
it."

->Rights, sir, human rights. The Bible, the Code of Hammurabi and of Justinian, Magna Carta, the Constitution of the United States, [[FamousFamousFictional Fundamental Declarations of the Martian colonies, the Statutes of Alpha Three.]] Gentlemen, these documents all speak of rights. Rights of the accused to a trial by his peers, to be represented by counsel, the rights of cross-examination, but most importantly, the right to be confronted by the witnesses against him...
-->-- '''Samuel T. Cogley''', ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries,'' "Court Martial"

-->'''Templar Faction Trailer,''' ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''

->I love this Senate; I love it dearly. I love the Senate for its rules; I love the Senate for its precedents; I love the Senate for the difference that it can make in peoples' lives.
-->-- '''Senator Robert Byrd'''

->If there be in nature such a principle as justice, it is necessarily the only political principle there ever was, or ever will be. All the other so-called political principles, which men are in the habit of inventing, are not principles at all.
-->-- '''Lysander Spooner'''

->He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done.
-->-- '''Creator/LeonardoDaVinci'''

-->-- '''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]]''', ''[[Literature/BloodRites]]''