History Quotes / TheNeedsOfTheMany

-->--'''Chloe Sullivan''', ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Arrival"

-->--''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Vessel"

'''[[{{Franchise/Superman}} Clark Kent]]''': [[DefiedTrope Well, as long as]] [[TheCape I'm around]], [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments that's never gonna happen.]]
-->--''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Legion"

->'''[[CaptainPatriotic Miss Militia]]''': Why, Dinah? [[TheUnmasking Why do this]]?\\
'''[[{{Seers}} Dinah Alcott]]''': For everyone. Because we got this far, it makes [[LudicrousPrecision the numbers]] a little better. Whatever happens from here on out, it makes the end of the world a little less bad.
-->--''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/cell-22-1/ Cell 22.1]]

-->-- ''Series/{{Angel}}'', "Theres No Place Like Plrtz Glrb"

'''The Head:''' Particularly when those in charge, are among the many.

-->-- ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''

-->-- ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'', "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoNEDAS4E6TheResurrectionOfMars The Resurrection of Mars]]", the Eighth Doctor does some reflection on the darker sides of his seventh incarnation.

->'''The Doctor:''' I was once a man with a masterplan. I'd seek out injustices, topple governments, all in the name of the greater good. I'd started doing the maths, you see...\\

->'''Bryan:''' The director needs to be fired. I hate saying that anybody needs to lose their job...
'''Vinny:''' I would say he needs to be kicked in the balls and then fired.

-->-- ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter The Bryan And Vinny Show]]'', ''Slammiversary 2007''

->'''Clark''': What if something goes wrong? I don't want to leave you [[WatchingTroyBurn here]].\\
'''Chloe''': You have to. (''Clark turns to leave'')\\
'''Chloe''': Clark... I don't know if I'm ever gonna see you again. (Cue [[TheBigDamnKiss Big Damn]] NowOrNeverKiss)

->'''Chloe'''[[note]]Yeah, it is part of being Superman's best friend[[/note]]: I must have thrown a million [[KryptoniteFactor green rocks]] away and I've never really saved you. [[MoreExpendableThanYou Now, I can.]]\\
'''Clark''': [[BeingGoodSucks Chloe, listen to me, this is your life that we're talking about. Don't do this!]]\\
'''Chloe''': Clark, if there's one lesson I've learned from [[TheCape you]], it's that [[TearJerker choosing the greater good is never a sacrifice.]]

->'''Palindrome:''' Of course it would mean certain death for everyone on board.
->'''The Head:''' This is a tough one, Palindrome. But as you know, one of the responsibilities of those in charge is to order the sacrifice of the few, for the sake of the many.
->'''Palindrome:''' Yes, sir.
->'''The Head:''' Particularly when those in charge, are among the many.

->'''Bryan''':The director needs to be fired. I hate saying that anybody needs to lose their job...
->'''Vinny''':I would say he needs to be kicked in the balls and then fired.
->'''Bryan''':This man needs to be fired for seriously the good of Wrestling/{{TNA}}. Do it, I mean quit. If you're the director of TNA and you're listening to this right now, quit. Do it for the good of the business. Don't be selfish, don't think about just yourself and your family. Think about all these other people and their families. Just quit for the good of the business because you suck and you're hurting the product, horribly!
-->''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter The Bryan And Vinny Show]]'', ''Slammiversary 2007''

-->-- ''Series/{{Quark}}''

-->-- '''Vidura quoting Kavya''', ''Literature/Mahabharata''

'''[[{{Franchise/Superman}} Clark Kent]]''': [[DefiedTrope Well, as long as]] [[TheCape I'm around]], [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming that's never gonna happen.]]

->'''[[TheSmartGirl Chloe]] [[PlatonicLifePartners Sullivan]]''': Thanks for not giving up on [[ApocalypseMaiden me]]... I just hope that if it turned out that there was [[SadisticChoice no other choice]], you would choose to do the right thing... To [[IDidWhatIHadToDo do what's best for the world]]... and not for me. [[TheHeart Know that I'd understand.]]
->'''[[{{Franchise/Superman}} Clark Kent]]''': [[DefiedTrope Well, as long as]] [[TheCape I'm around]], [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming that's never gonna happen.]]

-->Smallville needs you more than I do, [[{{Franchise/Superman}} Clark]], go. (''he hesitates'') GO!\\
--'''Chloe Sullivan''', ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Arrival"

-->'''Clark''': What if something goes wrong? I don't want to leave you [[WatchingTroyBurn here]].\\

'''Chloe''': Clark... I don't know if I'm ever gonna see you again. (Cue [[TheBigDamnKiss Big Damn]] NowOrNeverKiss)\\
--''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Vessel"

--> Clark, you're not here to save one person, you're here to save all of us.\\
--'''Chloe Sullivan''', ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Beast"

-->'''Chloe'''[[note]]Yeah, it is part of being Superman's best friend[[/note]]: I must have thrown a million [[KryptoniteFactor green rocks]] away and I've never really saved you. [[MoreExpendableThanYou Now, I can.]]\\

'''Chloe''': Clark, if there's one lesson I've learned from [[TheCape you]], it's that [[TearJerker choosing the greater good is never a sacrifice.]]\\
--''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Beast"

-->'''Image of G'Kar's Father:''' ''[to G'Kar]'' Some must be sacrificed if all are to be saved. Because, if we fail in this, then ''none'' of us will be saved.\\
--''Series/BabylonFive'', "Dust to Dust"

-->'''Delenn:''' ''[to G'Kar]'' We had to choose between the lives of millions...and the lives of ''billions''. Of ''entire planets''.\\
--''Series/BabylonFive'', "Ship of Tears"

-->'''[[CaptainPatriotic Miss Militia]]''': Why, Dinah? [[TheUnmasking Why do this]]?\\
'''[[{{Seers}} Dinah Alcott]]''': For everyone. Because we got this far, it makes [[LudicrousPrecision the numbers]] a little better. Whatever happens from here on out, it makes the end of the world a little less bad.\\
--''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/cell-22-1/ Cell 22.1]]

-->For the Greater Good!
--BattleCry of the [[TheFederation Tau Empire]], ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''

--''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/cell-22-1/ Cell 22.1]]

-->Smallville needs you more than I do, [[{{Franchise/Superman}} Clark]], go. (''he hesitates'') GO!
-->--'''Chloe Sullivan''', ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Arrival"

-->'''Clark''': What if something goes wrong? I don't want to leave you [[WatchingTroyBurn here]].
-->'''Chloe''': You have to. (''Clark turns to leave'')
-->'''Chloe''': Clark... I don't know if I'm ever gonna see you again. (Cue [[TheBigDamnKiss Big Damn]] NowOrNeverKiss)
-->--''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Vessel"

--> Clark, you're not here to save one person, you're here to save all of us.
-->--'''Chloe Sullivan''', ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Beast"

-->'''Chloe'''[[note]]Yeah, it is part of being Superman's best friend[[/note]]: I must have thrown a million [[KryptoniteFactor green rocks]] away and I've never really saved you. [[MoreExpendableThanYou Now, I can.]]
-->'''Clark''': [[BeingGoodSucks Chloe, listen to me, this is your life that we're talking about. Don't do this!]]
-->'''Chloe''': Clark, if there's one lesson I've learned from [[TheCape you]], it's that [[TearJerker choosing the greater good is never a sacrifice.]]
-->--''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Beast"

-->'''Image of G'Kar's Father:''' ''[to G'Kar]'' Some must be sacrificed if all are to be saved. Because, if we fail in this, then ''none'' of us will be saved.
-->--''Series/BabylonFive'', "Dust to Dust"

-->'''Delenn:''' ''[to G'Kar]'' We had to choose between the lives of millions...and the lives of ''billions''. Of ''entire planets''.
-->--''Series/BabylonFive'', "Ship of Tears"

-->'''[[CaptainPatriotic Miss Militia]]''': Why, Dinah? [[TheUnmasking Why do this]]?
-->'''[[{{Seers}} Dinah Alcott]]''': For everyone. Because we got this far, it makes [[LudicrousPrecision the numbers]] a little better. Whatever happens from here on out, it makes the end of the world a little less bad.
-->--''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/cell-22-1/ Cell 22.1]]

-->'''Image of G'Quan:''' ''[to G'Kar]'' Some must be sacrificed if all are to be saved. Because, if we fail in this, then ''none'' of us will be saved.

-->'''Chloe'''[[hottip:*:Yeah, it is part of being Superman's best friend]]: I must have thrown a million [[KryptoniteFactor green rocks]] away and I've never really saved you. [[MoreExpendableThanYou Now, I can.]]

-->'''[[{{Seers}}Dinah Alcott]]''': For everyone. Because we got this far, it makes [[LudicrousPrecision the numbers]] a little better. Whatever happens from here on out, it makes the end of the world a little less bad.

-->--''Series/BabylonFive'', "Dust to Dust"

-->'''Clark''': What if something goes wrong? I don't want to leave you here.

-->'''Chloe''': Clark, if there's one lesson I've learned from [[TheCape you]], it's that choosing the greater good is never a sacrifice.

-->--''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Beast"

-->[[{{Franchise/Superman}} Clark]], you're not here to save one person, you're here to save all of us.

-->--'''Chloe Sullivan''', ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Beast"