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1-> ''"You and I are scientists, Professor. We buy our privilege to experiment at the cost of total responsibility."''
2-->-- '''The Fourth Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E2PlanetOfEvil Planet of Evil]]"
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4->''"I am a man of science, not of war! I intended the Giant Death Ray to be used for good, not evil! To ''help'' mankind, not destroy it!"''
5-->-- '''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Professor Death]]''', ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook''
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7->''"Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently."''
8-->-- Wernher von Braun, inventor of the [[UsefulNotes.TheBlitz V2 ballistic missile]] for Nazi Germany
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10->''"Once ze rockets are up, who cares vhere zey come down?''\
11''Zat's not my department," says Wernher von Braun.''
12-->-- Music/TomLehrer’s song "Wernher von Braun", ''Music/ThatWasTheYearThatWas''
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14->''They've waited so long for this day,''\
15''Someone to take the death away,''\
16''No son would ever have to say,''\
17''"My father worked into his grave."''\
18''...''\
19''What will I become with the things I will create?''\
20''I never said that men should bow. I never said that men should break''\
21''I only want what's best.''\
22''...''\
23''I only want to help.''
24-->-- '''Music/TheProtomen''', "The Good Doctor"
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26->''"I didn't create a weapon, all of ''you'' did. I created the ultimate device for understanding all the beings of the universe. [[TheHero You]] and [[BigBad Vilgax]] are no different."''
27-->-- '''Azmuth''' on [[TransformationTrinket the Omnitrix]], ''WesternAnimation/Ben10SecretOfTheOmnitrix''
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29->"And it has to be said that there was nothing intrinsically evil about [[ProudScholarRace Igors]] themselves. They just didn’t pass judgement on other people. Admittedly, that was because if you worked for werewolves and vampires and people who looked on surgery as modern art rather than science, passing judgement would mean you’d never have time to get anything done."

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