History Quotes / LawfulNeutral

->''I will uphold the law, and no manner of foe will stop me.''
-->-- ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', "[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=265731 Knight of Glory]]"

->Let the knowledge of absolute law inspire you to live a life of absolute order.

->InspectorJavert's mental attitude was compounded of two very simple principles, admirable in themselves but which, by carrying them to extremes, he made almost evil - respect for authority and hatred of all forms of revolt against it. Theft, murder, and every other crime were to him all forms of revolt. Everybody who played any part in the running of the State, from First Minister to the ''garde champerte'' was invested in his eyes with a kind of mystical sanctity, and he felt nothing but contempt, aversion and disgust for those who, only if only once, transgressed beyond the bounds of law. His judgements were absolute, admitting no exceptions. [...] He would have arrested his own father escaping from prison and denounced his mother for breaking parole, and he would have done it with a glow of conscious rectitude.

->I can be ruthless, but I try to be fair. What will it be?

->'''Sir Humphrey Appleby''': Government isn't about morality.
->'''Jim Hacker''': Really? What is it about then?
->'''Sir Humphrey Appleby''': Stability! Keeping things going. Preventing anarchy. Stopping society falling to bits. Still being here tomorrow.
->'''Jim Hacker''': What for?
->'''Sir Humphrey Appleby''': I beg your pardon?
->'''Jim Hacker''': What is the ultimate purpose of government, if it isn't for doing good?
->'''Sir Humphrey Appleby''': Minister, government isn't about good or evil, it's only about order or chaos.

-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=265731 Knight of Glory]]''', ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''

-->-- ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', "Sphinx's Revelation"

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->Whether ye rise for the sake of a creed,\\
Or riot in hope of spoil,\\
Equally will I punish the deed,\\
Equally check the broil;\\
Nowise permitting injustice at all\\
From whatever doctrine it springs-\\
But - whether ye follow Priapus or Paul,\\
I care for none of these things!"
-->-- '''Creator/RudyardKipling,''' "Gallio's Song"
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->Fame... justice... I'm not interested in either. A woman was murdered. I'm out to find the killer. That's all.

->They laugh at the law. The rich ones who buy it and twist it to their whims. The other ones, who have nothing to lose, who don't care about themselves, or other people. All the ones who think they're above the law, or outside it, or beyond it. They know all the law is good for is to keep good people in line. And they all laugh. They laugh at the law. But they don't laugh at me.

->Gun. No license. I checked. Very bad.

->No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. '''Never compromise'''.

->You have broken the law. I did not write the law, I may even disagree with the law, but I will enforce it. Nothing will stop me from placing you in a steel cage with bars... And although I am but one man, I have thousands of brothers and sisters who would die for me, and I for them. We stand watch together. I am fate with a badge and a gun. The thin blue line, protecting the prey from the predators, the good from the bad. We are the police.

->Justice is that which exists when all laws are enforced.

->Sins may be forgiven, but crimes must be punished.

->It is not a question of wanting. The throne is mine, as Robert's heir. That is law. After me, it must pass to my daughter, unless Selyse should finally give me a son. I am king. Wants do not enter into it. [[PapaWolf I have a duty to my daughter.]] [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure To the realm.]] Even to Robert. He loved me but little, I know, yet he was my brother. The Lannister woman gave him horns and made a motley fool of him. She may have murdered him as well, as she murdered Jon Arryn and Ned Stark. For such crimes there must be justice. Starting with Cersei and her abominations. But only starting. [[ThePurge I mean to scour that court clean.]] As Robert should have done after the Trident.

->I will hold the law above all else.

->Without the law, there is nothing. You will subject yourself to their rules, and accept the dictates of justice. It is all we have, the only sure thing in this world.

->Want? Agree? That has nothing to do with it. The law is the law.

->The code is the code. The law bends for no one.

->But what can I say?\\

The likes of me abide.

->I will uphold the law, and no manner of foe will stop me.

->Order begets order. My word is my bond. Chaos will destroy the world. Respect rank. I live by my code and I'll die by my code. Tradition must continue. Order is the foundation of all culture. I am my own judge.

->When you steal somebody's money\\

If we're breaking all the rules

->I certainly appreciate a man who stands by his word.

->May you boss around all other kids with fairness.

->No one would like to celebrate your love more than I, but I'm a public servant, and not permitted to use my own judgement in any way.
-->--'''Superintendent Chalmers''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Grade School Confidential", to Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel

->Once something has been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-->-- '''Reverend Lovejoy''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "$pringfield (Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Legalized Gambling)"

->[[AboveGoodAndEvil Justice is incidental to law and order]].

->First, you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own respecting their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and, thirdly, you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.

->My responsibility was to enforce the ordinances and laws of that city and state. As I told [[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Dr. King]] many times, I did not disagree with his motives or his objectives, it was his method. I believed in the courts, he believed in the streets. So I've never been classified as a segregationist, and not as an integrationist. I was administrator of the city of Albany's police department.

->[[TheEmperor The Tsar]] is a father, his subjects are his children, and children ought never to reason about their parents.

->I am the gatekeeper. Protecting [[CosmicKeystone the Azure]] is everything. Good and Evil does not exist.

->Ah, the Codex. If it's in there, we have to abide it. If it's not, it's not important.

->I'm a cop. Which means I can commandeer a boat, and it's legal. You steal a boat... I'll haul your ass in.

->Learn to overcome the crass demands of flesh and bone, for they warp the matrix through which we perceive the world. Extend your awareness outward, beyond the self of body, to [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill embrace the self of group and the self of humanity]]. The goals of the group and the greater race are transcendent, and to embrace them is to achieve enlightenment.

->As long as Muse still exists, I will follow the law of Muse. A soldier should not act on personal feelings. War is an exchange of lives, and I will not act as a soldier for other than reason of law.

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-->--'''Superintendent Chalmers''' to Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

-->-- '''Reverend Lovejoy''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

->'''Winston''': Two rules that cannot be broken, Johnathan. [[SeekingSanctuary No blood on Continental grounds]], and [[BloodOath every marker must be honored.]] Now, while my judgment comes in the form of excommunicado, the High Table demand a more severe outcome if their traditions are refused.

->'''Winston''': Rules. [[HonorAmongThieves Without them, we live with the animals.]]