History Quotes / MakeAnExampleOfThem

->''"Kill three million of them, and the rest will eat out of our hands."''

->''"They want you and your ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Denmark Dannebrog]]'' as a memorial to the failed rebellion. The other ship with you, which I assume is a troop carrier, we are blowing up. [[ResistanceIsFutile That is another kind of memorial for the rebellion]]."''

->''O everyone will see\\
An' everyone will know\\
Boy you reap what you sow''
-->--'''Music/SixteenHorsepower''', "Heel on the Shovel"

->''I told you, I won't lie to you. Oh, they'll come for you, eventually. But they'll wait. Until you've been forgotten. Until your fate no longer means anything to anyone. They'll come in the night, it'll be very quick. But until that time, you will have your freedom. If anything they'll ''encourage'' you to travel, so that more people can see you as a symbol of the preeminent truth of our time: that you cannot beat the System.''
-->-- '''Interrogator''', ''Series/BabylonFive'' ([[{{Recap/BabylonFiveS04E18IntersectionsInRealTime}} "Intersections in Real Time"]])

->''To all those who dare oppose me: your hero is dead! Your [[HopeCrusher hope is dead]]! I am the one ''true'' master! Let this be a lesson to all! ''Time to die, Samurai Jack!!
-->-- '''Aku''', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''

->I got hold of a copy of the video that showed how UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein had actually confirmed himself in power. This snuff-movie opens with a plenary session of the Ba'ath Party central committee: perhaps a hundred men. Suddenly the doors are locked and Saddam, in the chair, announces a special session. Into the room is dragged an obviously broken man, who begins to emit a robotic confession of treason... The reclining Saddam, meanwhile, lights a large cigar and contentedly scans his dossiers. The sickness of fear in the room is such that men begin to crack up and weep, rising to their feet to shout hysterical praise, even love, for the leader. Inexorably, though, the cull continues, and faces and bodies go slack as their owners are pinioned and led away. When it is over, about half the committee members are left, moaning with relief and heaving with ardent love for the boss. (In an accompanying sequel, which I have not seen, they were apparently required to go into the yard outside and shoot the other half, thus sealing the pact with Saddam.)
-->--'''Creator/ChristopherHitchens''', ''Hitch-22''

->''The best way to make police stop using illegal chokeholds is to perp-walk one of them that did...It will send a lesson that 10 training sessions will not give them.''
-->--'''Rev. Al Sharpton''' criticizing the NYPD, regarding the death of Eric Garner.

->''Well, you didn't really think you were going to get through this without being punished, now did you? Line them up... I don't want to kill any of you... let me make that clear right from the get-go. I want you working for me, and you can't very well do that when you're fucking dead, now can you? I'm not growing a garden. But you killed my men... a fucking whole goddamn lot of them. More than I feel comfortable with. For that... you gotta fucking pay. So I'm now going to beat the holy fuck fucking fuckedy fuck out of one of you with my bat. Who I call "Lucille." Lucille has barbed wire wrapped around the end of her. It's fucking awesome. So, it's really just a matter of picking which one of you gets the honor.''
-->--'''Negan''', ''Comicbook/TheWalkingDead''

->'''Dick Roman:''' The golden rule is there's no such thing as monsters. Anything stirs their little pots to the contrary -- very bad for our plans. So, how can I use your mistake to communicate this to all your coworkers?
->'''Dr Gaines:''' Listen, sir, I will do anything...I will give anything to make this right.
->'''Dick Roman:''' I know you will.
-->''(Minion ties a bib around Gaines neck)''.
->'''Dr Gaines:''' You're [[DeadlyEuphemism bibbing]] me?
->'''Dick Roman:''' Do you know what you can give us, doctor? [[{{Autocannibalism}} Your example.]]
-->-- ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', "How To Win Friends And Influence Monsters"

->In this country, it is good to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng kill an admiral]] from time to time, in order to encourage the others.
-->-- ''Literature/{{Candide}}''

->[[EvilSorcerer The Faceless Man]] has two ways of killing people he wants dead. If it's [[NothingPersonal just business]], then he favours the quiet and forensically invisible approach - an [[PsychicAssistedSuicide apparent suicide]] or a sudden heart attack. If he's pissed off or wants to make an example, then [[CruelAndUnusualDeath it gets very messy indeed]]. Having [[GroinAttack your dick]] [[VaginaDentata bitten off]] or your [[KillItWithFire bones set on fire from the inside]] are only a couple of ways that we know of for certain.
->We'd been reluctant to employ a forensic psychologist because of the well-founded fear that they might section us for believing in fairies. But you didn't need a degree to figure out that the whole "making an example" aspect was actually bollocks. [[ForTheEvulz It was simply an excuse to do horribly inventive things to his fellow human beings.]]
->You certainly had to wonder what poor Aiden Burghley had done to justify having his face nailed to a tree in a small park in suburban South London.
-->--''Literature/RiversOfLondon'', ''The Hanging Tree''

->''Make me look bad, I'll mount your head on my wall as an object lesson to the next fuckup. God, it is ''so'' cute when you new guys think I'm kidding...''
-->--'''Kirsten Geary''' to Illuminati players, ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''

->''Now that I have your attention, know this. Whatever you build here you will test personally. I expect your malfunction rate to drop substantially.''
-->--'''Grand Admiral Thrawn''' to Lothal Imperial factory workers, ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''

->'''[[TheDragon Roma Atani]]:''' Your contract is terminated. You will now serve as [[LosingYourHead an example]] to future strategists. ''([[PsychoticSmirk smirks]])'' [[MeaningfulEcho Fear is an efficient tool of management]].
->''(Having finished plugging you in, she walks away, leaving you staring at the severed head of the Precursory Strategist)''
->'''Precursory Strategist:''' [[AndIMustScream ...why won't they just let us die?]]
-->--The House Ordos game-over scene, ''VideoGame/EmperorBattleForDune''

-->--'''A random Fairy Tale mook''' to Tsurara Shirayuki, ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness Act II''

->'''Hanna:''' That's why we haven't been killed yet. He's making an example of us.
->'''Bek:''' Oh, shut up Hanna, It's none of their business.
->'''Gan:''' Isn't it? I mean if they're making an example of you...
->'''Bek:''' It's not for outsiders. You don't know much about the [[TheSyndicate Terra Nostra]], do you? We are an object lesson for their own people. Largo's on his way up in the organization. One sign of weakness and he'll be on his way down again, probably minus his head.
-->-- ''Series/BlakesSeven'', "Shadow"

->He was trusted and he was fair, but he was no simp and his revenge could be devastating. All who knew of the Trader knew the tale of the Eastern town that had tried to mess with him, a [[WretchedHive town of low morals]] run by an ambitious madman. The exact nature of their mistake had been lost over the intervening years, but the outcome was retained in the memories of most who had dealings with him. The town had been destroyed, razed to the ground, wiped from the face of the earth. He had spared no one. Such had been his fury that he had massacred the inhabitants to a man, woman, child. And animal. He had not even spared the animals, had not taken them for himself but instead had slaughtered the herds and left the carcasses, and then moved on.
->It was a lesson. You did not mess with the Trader.

->''Shenhua drags a heavy suitcase into [[CleanupCrew Sawyer the Cleaner]]'s apartment''.
->'''Shenhua:''' Hi! [[AsianSpeekeeEngrish Is so late]], you waiting long, [[AffablyEvil so sorry about that!]] Are you ready? Oh you want to know how to cut him up? Boss Chang said he want to make example out of him, you understand? ''(opens suitcase to reveal BoundAndGagged man -- he does not look happy)'' But he never tell me if he want him chop or mince. I guess you decide. Well I finish, he all yours now. ''(walks out door)'' You can take care of things from here! ''(Sawyer powers up the chainsaw...)''
-->-- ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', "Greenback Jane"

->Led by a bone chain in Kariasche’s wake came a lumpen beast of impressive size. Its anguish was plain as it moaned and drooled from a dozen woundlike mouths. [[SlowClap Clapping hesitantly at first]], but rising to a crescendo as the truth of the spectacle sank in, the Dark Eldar in the arena got to their feet until the entire arena was united in a standing ovation. There was nothing so gratifying for the citizens of [[WretchedHive Commorragh]] than witnessing another’s pain, after all, and [[BeautyToBeast Yctria’s new incarnation]] had enough of that to last a thousand years. Subtly, but unforgettably, the Prophets of Flesh had reminded the denizens of the Dark City that to cross the [[MadScientist Haemonculi]] was to invite [[FateWorseThanDeath a far darker destiny than mere death]].
-->--''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Haemonculus Covens''

->If a cadet publicly disobeys orders, they will meet a spectacular and very public end, courtesy of a [[DrillSergeantNasty drill abbot]]'s [[DropTheHammer great hammer]]. What little remains of their spine is coiled within a glass box and mounted within the dormitory to serve as a warning to others. This is not at the extreme end of remedial punishments. In the Schola Progenium facility on Brellex, the products of one incident remain forever enshrined. Due to a faulty batch of [[{{Brainwashing}} mindscaping chemicals]], a whole year group rose up against the dictates of their masters. The seething abbot prime ordered the Officio Prefectus to crush the rebellion: whilst still alive, the mutinous cadets were [[BuriedAlive meshed with mortar and used to line the schola's ferrocrete walls]]. To this day, [[DeadGuyOnDisplay their bones jut out of long corridors]], grasping for freedom, as a warning of the consequences of insubordination.
-->-- ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Codex - Militarum Tempestus''

->"Whatever you've done, whatever the charges against you, none of that really matters in the long run... [[KangarooCourt This trial]] is to demonstrate the futility of behavior contrary to good order."
-->-- '''Kovat''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Tribunal"

->"They want you and your ''Dannebrog'' as a memorial to the failed rebellion. The other ship with you, which I assume is a troop carrier, we are blowing up. [[ResistanceIsFutile That is another kind of memorial for the rebellion.]]"
-->-- ''Literature/{{Starworld}}''

->"New Center, 28 April -- It is with deep regret that Continental Coordinating Authority for World Unification, [[InvadedStatesOfAmerica North American District]], announces that the former city of St. Joseph, Missouri, has been subjected to [[DeadlyEuphemism sanitary measures]]. It is ordered that a memorial plaque setting forth the circumstances be erected on the former site of St. Joseph as soon as radioactivity permits. Despite repeated warnings the former inhabitants of this lamented city encouraged and succored [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters marauding bands of outlaws]] skulking around the outskirts of their community. It is hoped that the sad fate of St. Joseph will encourage the native authorities of all North American communities to take all necessary steps to [[ResistanceIsFutile suppress treasonable intercourse with the few remaining lawless elements]] in our continental society."

-> '''[[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Nicole]]:''' Gumball. We know what you did. We can talk about this, and work it out toge-
-> '''Gumball:''' ''[[[KilledMidSentence eats Nicole]]]'' I am not affiliated with the disappearance of Darwin! Any ''other'' questions?!

->''Kill three million of them, and the rest will eat out of our hands.''
-->--'''Pakistani President General Yahya Khan''' (February 22, 1971)

->'''Technician''': Sir, the oxygen level is bottoming out in Sector G. What do you want me to do about it?\\
'''Vilos Cohaagen''': Don't do anything.\\
'''Technician''': But they won't last an hour, sir.\\
'''Cohaagen''': Fuck 'em. It'll be a good lesson to the others.
-->--''Film/TotalRecall1990''

->''"Now, there are [[RuleOfThree only three company rules]] you have to follow. First, protect [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil my product]]. [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil You can fuck them, boys]], but [[IWantThemAlive be gentle]]. Second, [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain kill any native on sight]]. And finally, [[ItsAllAboutMe all profits go to me]]. [[BlatantLies I'm an understanding boss]], but [[DisproportionateRetribution if you break ONE of these rules]]- (''[[KillItWithFire throws a match into a furnace, immolating the man locked within it]]'') I roast you in the furnace until your skin crackles like chicken."''
-->--'''[[AmoralAfrikaner Hoyt Volker]]''', ''VideoGame/FarCry3''

->''"In order to convert ten sinners into righteous men, one man should die. In order to convert one hundred, ten must perish, serving as an example. In vain you ask the thief not to steal, the killer not to kill. Asking doesn't accomplish anything. It's not the love of God that brings people to the church, but the fear of Hell's throes."''
-->--'''UsefulNotes/VladTepes''', ''Film/VladTepes''

->''"You can walk out! You can walk right on out, I'll ''take'' you right on out, I'll take you through the portal [of the prison], it'll be fine... [[ExactWords I didn't say]] I'd let you go without some scarring. You can walk outta there and be a walking, living example of ''not to [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] with me''."''
-->--'''[[Characters/DreamSMPDream Dream]] to [[spoiler:Awesamdude]]''', ''WebVideo/DreamSMP''

->Imulai Mokarengen's people were bad at curfews. People still broke the general's curfew regularly, although many of them were also caught at it. At every intersection, along every street, you could see people hung up as corpse-lanterns, burning with plague-colored light, as warnings to the populace.
-->-- ''Effigy Nights'' by Creator/YoonHaLee

->''"I agree with Pilot Soryu, we must reave apart the Angel and display its head so that all will be aware of the folly it committed against us."''
-->-- ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheMinisukas''

->"Communique from the Office of the Acting Reich Protector. In the course of the search for the murderers of Obergruppenführer Heydrich, it was found that the population of the village of Lidice, approximately twenty kilometres northwest of Prague, [[BlatantLies had helped and cooperated with the perpetuators of this crime]]. Accordingly a detachment of the SS Division ''Prinz Eugen'', commanded by Obersturmbannführer Max Rostoff, was dispatched to Lidice at dawn. All the men have been shot, the women deported to concentration camps, the children sent to appropriate houses for re-education. [[SaltTheEarth All the buildings of this village have been destroyed]], and the [[UnPerson name removed from the land register]]. The village of Lidice has ceased to exist, and its name will never again appear on any map."
-->-- ''Film/OperationDaybreak''

-->--'''[[Characters/DreamSMPDream Dream]] to [[spoiler:Awesamdude]]''', ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP''

->''"Now, there are [[RuleOfThree only three company rules]] you have to follow. First, protect [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil my product]]. [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil You can fuck them, boys]], but [[IWantThemAlive be gentle]]. Second, [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain kill any native on sight]]. And finally, [[ItsAllAboutMe all profits go to me]]. [[BlatantLies I'm an understanding boss]], but [[DisproportionateRetribution if you break ONE of these rules]]- (''[[KillItWithFire throws a match into a furnace, immolating the man locked within it]]'') I roast you in the furnace until your skin crackles like chicken."''
-->--'''[[AmoralAfrikaner Hoyt Volker]]''', ''VideoGame/FarCry3''

->"Communique from the Office of the Acting Reich Protector. In the course of the search for the murderers of Obergruppenführer Heydrich, it was found that the population of the village of Lidice, approximately twenty kilometres northwest of Prague, [[BlatantLies had helped and cooperated with the perpetuators of this crime]]. Accordingly a detachment of the SS Division "Prinz Eugen", commanded by Obersturmbannführer Max Rostoff, was dispatched to Lidice at dawn. All the men have been shot, the women deported to concentration camps, the children sent to appropriate houses for re-education. [[SaltTheEarth All the buildings of this village have been destroyed]], and the [[UnPerson name removed from the land register]]. The village of Lidice has ceased to exist, and its name will never again appear on any map."