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2[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
3->''"[[CatchPhrase Kagome!]] [=InuYasha=] [[WouldHurtAChild hit me!]]"''
4-->-- '''Shippo,''' ''Manga/InuYasha''
5
6->''"Look. No one ever said Jotaro Kujo was a nice guy. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown I beat the crap out of people, more than I have to. Some are even still in the hospital.]] [[SadistTeacher I've had idiot teachers who like to talk big]], so I taught them a lesson, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere and they never came back to class.]] If I go to a restaurant and the food's bad, [[DineAndDash I make it a policy to stiff 'em with the bill]]...but [[EveryoneHasStandards even a bastard like me can spot true evil when he sees it!]]"''
7-->-- '''Jotaro Kujo''', ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders''
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9
10[[folder:Comic Books]]
11->'''Big Jim:''' ''[sobbing]'' I thought you were trying to be nice!\
12'''Petey:''' I said I was trying to be ''good'', not ''nice!'' There's a difference! ''[{{Beat}}]'' ...I think.
13-->-- ''[[ComicBook/DogManDavPilkey Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild]]''
14
15->''"You may be a hero, Jack Knight, but that still doesn't make you a nice person."''
16-->-- '''[[NewOldFlame Lucy]]''', ''ComicBook/StarmanDCComics'' #17
17[[/folder]]
18
19[[folder:Fan Works]]
20->''"No one ever said that being a hero came with the requirement to be nice."''
21-->-- '''[[KnightInSourArmor Warren Worthington/Archangel]]''', ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm''
22
23->'''Shiva:''' I am mercy and vengeance. I am not forgiveness, I am not compromise- […] Vengeance with mercy is justice.
24-->-- ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21470092/chapters/54695287 Within a Hidden Temple]]'', a ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' fanfic
25
26->''"It's alright, I can handle this myself. You're just gonna take pictures again, aren't you..."''
27-->-- '''[[{{Miko}} Reimu Hakurei]]''' to '''[[{{Paparazzi}} Aya Shameimaru]]''', ''Anime/MusouKakyouASummerDaysDream''
28[[/folder]]
29
30[[folder:Film -- Animation]]
31->'''Gwen:''' We are supposed to be the good guys.\
32'''Miguel:''' (''darkly'') '''''We are...'''''
33-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse''
34[[/folder]]
35
36[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
37->'''Klingon Transporter Operator:''' I do not deserve to live.\
38'''Kirk:''' Fine, I'll kill you later.
39-->-- ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock''
40
41->'''Doc Morris:''' Wow, this isn't an act, is it? You really aren't a pleasant person.\
42'''Hank Palmer:''' Right now? I'm a summer breeze. Once I subpoena you, get you on the stand and extract the truth from your ass like tree sap THEN you'll realize in THAT moment: correct, I'm not a pleasant person.
43-->-- ''Film/TheJudge''
44
45->''"Since when do you have to be nice to be right?"''
46-->-- '''Lawrence Garfield''', ''Film/OtherPeoplesMoney''
47
48->''"You don't have to love me. I have not come to you as a lover, Novgorod the Free. I came to lead you into battle."''
49-->--'''Alexander Nevsky''', ''Film/AlexanderNevsky''
50[[/folder]]
51
52[[folder:Literature]]
53->''"Abashed, [[{{Satan}} the Devil]] stood, and felt how awful goodness is."''
54-->-- '''Creator/JohnMilton''', ''Literature/ParadiseLost''
55
56->''"Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Wounds from a friend can be trusted, [[BitchInSheepsClothing but an enemy multiplies kisses]]."''
57-->-- ''Literature/TheBible'' (New International Version), [[Literature/BookOfProverbs Proverbs 27:5-6]]
58
59->''"Is he -- quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion."\
60"That you will, dearie, and no mistake," said Mrs. Beaver, "if there's anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they're either braver than most or else just silly."\
61"Then he isn't safe?" said Lucy.\
62"Safe?" said Mr. Beaver. "Don't you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the king, I tell you."''
63-->-- ''[[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe]]''
64
65->''"I am a Count, not a Saint."''
66-->--'''Creator/AlexandreDumas''', ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''
67
68->'''Taylor''': I'm a good guy.\
69'''Armsmaster''': You don't look like one.
70-->-- ''Literature/{{Worm}}''
71
72->''"Please, trust me. I most definitely ''can'' be cheerful. I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. Just don't ask me to be nice. Nice has nothing to do with me."''
73-->-- '''Death''', ''Literature/TheBookThief''
74
75->''"If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in fear. They want you to know you're going to die. So they'll talk. They'll gloat. They'll watch you squirm. They'll put off the moment of murder like another man will put off a good cigar. So hope like hell your captor is an evil man. A good man will kill you with hardly a word."''
76-->-- ''Literature/MenAtArms'', on Carrot Ironfoundersson
77
78->''"People like you always mistake compassion for weakness. [[KnightInShiningArmor Michael and Sanya]] aren't weak. Fortunately for you, they are good men. [[ShutUpHannibal Unfortunately for you,]] ''[[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique I'm not.]]''"''
79-->-- '''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]]''', ''Death Masks''
80
81->''"We're the Light Ones, not the Saint Ones."''
82-->-- '''Anton''', considering burning down a cafe whose owner tried to poison him, ''Literature/NightWatchSeries''
83
84->''"That sounds like the definition of loyalty to me," said the king. "Don't mistake friendliness with loyalty, Ven. Friendly and loyal are two different things. There are a lot of people who are one and not the other. From what you told me a few days ago, your own mother doesn't sound like a very friendly person - but she is a good one, yes?"\
85"Oh yes," Ven agreed.\
86"Then judge Ida by whether she is there for you in times of need, as she seems to be, not by whether she is pleasant to you. In the end, you can get many people to be pleasant to you pretty easily. A true friend, someone who will risk her life and her freedom for you, as your other friends would, is very hard to come by."''
87-->-- ''Literature/TheLostJournalsOfVenPolypheme''
88
89->'''Aide''': He is not a nice man.\
90'''Belisarius''': No, but he could be a great man.
91-->-- ''Literature/BelisariusSeries''
92
93->''"Why is it that people like you always think you're more ruthless than [[OfficerAndAGentleman people like me]]?"''
94-->-- '''Commodore Sir Aivars Terekhov''', ''[[Literature/HonorHarrington Shadow of Freedom]]''
95
96->''"Those men who know anything about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun. At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else. You are like fanatics. Your masters, at any rate. At the center of the Light there is a cold white flame, just as at the center of the Dark there is a great black pit bottomless as the Universe."''
97-->-- '''John Rowland''', ''Literature/TheGreyKing''
98
99->''"Evil is cruel, and so men think it follows that Good is kind. This is a mistake, my son. Though fire is warm and in the dark of night we huddle around it, it also ''burns.''"''
100-->-- '''King Jehan the Wise''', ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil''
101
102->'''Maria:''' You don't understand. [[ThreeLawsCompliant Chee do not hurt. Chee do not kill. No Chee has ever taken a life]]. While humans and [[PuppeteerParasite Yeerks]] and [[ProudWarriorRace Andalites]] and [[DumbMuscle Hork-Bajir]] and a million other species on a million worlds warred and slaughtered and conquered, we remained at peace. Would you end all that? Would you make us killers, too?
103->'''Marco:''' [''coldly''] [[BluntYes Yes, ma'am, I guess I would]]. We're in a fight for our lives here. Our parents, our brothers and sisters, our friends -- they are all going to be slaves of the Yeerks, if we don't win. [[TheUnfettered So I'll do whatever it takes]]. If you'd fought all those thousands of years ago, [[PerfectPacifistPeople the Pemalites]] would still be alive. [[KickTheDog And you wouldn't be living with dogs in a big underground kennel]].
104-->--''Literature/{{Animorphs}} #10: The Android''
105
106->Granny was an old-fashioned witch. She didn't do good for people, she did right by them.\
107But Nanny knew that people don't always appreciate right. Like old Pollirt the other day, when he fell off his horse. What he wanted was a painkiller. What he needed was the few seconds of agony as Granny popped the joint back into place. The trouble was, people remembered the pain.
108-->-- "The Sea and Little Fishes", ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''
109
110->'''Hermione:''' He's on our side now.\
111'''Ron:''' Doesn't stop him being a git.
112-->-- ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', regarding Severus Snape
113[[/folder]]
114
115[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
116->''"And then there are those who operate on the fringes of society. Unburdened by the confines of morality and conscience. A ruthless breed of monsters whose deadliest weapon is the ability to [[DevilInPlainSight hide in plain sight.]] If the people I've come to bring justice to cannot be bound by the quest of absolution, then neither will I."''
117-->-- '''Emily Thorne''', ''Series/{{Revenge}}''
118
119->''"'Sweet,' maybe. 'Passionate,' I suppose. But don't ever mistake that for 'nice'."''
120-->-- '''The Tenth Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E10LoveAndMonsters Love and Monsters]]"
121
122->''"Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind."''
123-->-- '''The Twelfth Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho'' "[[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime Twice Upon a Time]]"; from his FinalSpeech
124
125->''"I may be on the side of the angels... But don't think for ''one second'' that I ''am'' one of them."''
126-->-- '''Franchise/SherlockHolmes''', ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' ("[[Recap/SherlockS02E03TheReichenbachFall The Reichenbach Fall]]")
127
128->'''[[DamselInDistress Woman in alley]]:''' Thank you! Thank you! That thing was going to kill me!\
129'''[[BadassLongcoat Spike]]:''' Well, what did you expect, out alone in this neighborhood? I've got half a mind to kill you myself, you half-wit.\
130'''Woman in alley:''' What?\
131'''Spike:''' I mean honestly, what kind of retard wears [[BrokenHeel heels]] like that in a dark alley? Take two steps and break your bloody ankle.\
132'''Woman in alley:''' ''[hotly]'' I was just trying to get home. ''[leaves]''\
133'''Spike:''' Well, get a cab, you moron, and on the way, if a stranger offers you candy, don't get in the van!
134-->-- ''Series/{{Angel}}'' ("Soul Purpose")
135
136->''"This money comes from the life savings of those Narns who escaped the occupation. It is a limited resource purchased with blood. If it should be squandered or stolen, rest assured that while your body may one day be found, it could never be identified from what's left."''
137-->-- '''G'kar''', ''Series/BabylonFive'' ("Comes the Inquisitor")
138
139->''"My job isn't to make friends, it's to stop bad things from happening."''
140-->-- '''Mark Fallon''', ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' ("Countdown")
141
142->''[Mal has just defeated [[AristocratsAreEvil Atherton Wing]] in a duel and stands over him]''
143->'''Sir Warwick Harrow:''' You have to [[FinishHim finish it]], lad. You have to finish it. For a man to lay beaten... and yet breathing? It makes him a coward.
144->'''Inara:''' It's humiliation.
145->'''Mal:''' Sure. It would be humiliating. Having to lie there while the better man refuses to spill your blood. Mercy is the mark of a great man.
146->''[Mal stabs Wing, [[OnlyAFleshWound lightly]]]''
147->'''Mal:''' Guess I'm just a good man.
148->''[stabs him again]''
149->'''Mal:''' Well, I'm all right.
150-->-- ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' ("Shindig")
151
152->"Fuck this world for confusing nice with good. Be a bitch if you want. Be whatever. Just drop the mask once in a while."
153-->-- '''Stormfront''', ''Series/TheBoys2019'', "Proper Preparation And Planning"
154[[/folder]]
155
156[[folder:Music]]
157->''"Whaddya mean, "I ain't kind"?\
158Just not ''your'' kind"''
159-->-- '''Music/{{MEGADETH}}''', "Peace Sells"
160
161->''"A local boy kicked me in the butt last week\
162I just smiled at him and I turned the other cheek\
163I really don't care, in fact I wish him well\
164'Cause I'll be laughing my head off when he's burning in Hell"''
165-->-- '''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''', "Amish Paradise"
166[[/folder]]
167
168[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
169->''"Good is not nice, polite, well-mannered, self-righteous, or naive, though good characters may be some of these things."''
170-->-- ''The Book of Exalted Deeds'', ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
171
172->''"We're the [[GodEmperor Emperor's]] [[SuperSoldier Angels of Death]], [[NaiveNewcomer Thaddeus]], not His Angels of Mercy."''
173-->-- '''Sgt. Avitus''', ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: [[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Dawn of War 2]]''
174[[/folder]]
175
176[[folder:Theatre]]
177->''"I may be rancid butter, but I'm on your side of the bread."''
178-->-- '''EK Hornbeck''', ''Theatre/InheritTheWind''
179
180->'' "And take extra care with strangers''\
181''Even flowers have their dangers''\
182''And though scary is exciting,''\
183'''''Nice''''' ''is different than'' '''''good.'''''"
184-->-- '''Little Red Riding Hood''', ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods''
185[[/folder]]
186
187[[folder:Video Games]]
188->''"Get lost. I'm not a babysitter."''
189-->-- '''Sol Badguy''''s win quote against '''Bridget''', ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''
190
191->''"You're really not my type, man. Sorry, but I'm gonna have to pass."''
192-->-- '''Ragna the Bloodedge''''s win quote against '''Iron Tager''', ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger''
193
194->''"Freudia, do not stand in my way."''
195-->-- '''Grolla Seyfarth''' to '''Freudia Neuwahl''', ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}''
196
197->''"After a small problem with some raiders, who would continue for years to plague not only myself, but the Tribe, I found myself in Junktown. It was here that I learned the most important rule of all: doing a good thing sometimes means being a very bad person."''
198-->-- The [[PlayerCharacter Vault Dweller's]] memoirs, from the ''VideoGame/Fallout2'' [[AllThereInTheManual manual]].
199
200->'''Olgierd von Everec:''' Geralt. Have you decided to play defender of the downtrodden? \
201'''Geralt of Rivia:''' More like gutter of sons of bitches.
202-->-- ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt''
203
204->''"If you weren't already [[DealWithTheDevil lined up to go to Inferno]], you'd be well on your way with the kind of shit you pull!"''
205-->-- '''Enzo''', addressing VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} in ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2''
206
207->''"For he will walk among us, and [[DemonSlaying he will smite the evil from this Earth]]. For he who comes in our time of need is not of mortal breed, he is the Destroyer, the right hand of our Creator [[TheDreaded and the one who brings fear]] [[TerrorHero where there is no hope.]]"''
208-->--'''Corrax Tablet 3:13''', ''Videogame/DoomEternal''
209
210->'''Paragon!Shepard''': Don't let us meet like this again.\
211[[spoiler: '''Maya Brooks''']]: What's this? Is this the great Commander Shepard pleading for his/her life?\
212'''Paragon!Shepard''': I'm pleading for ''yours''.
213-->-- ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', ''Citadel DLC''
214
215->''"But I'm starting to realize, being friends... is more than [being nice all the time], isn't it? [[TheBerserker Susie]]... Sometimes she isn't nice at all! She's selfish, she's rude, she's sarcastic... But... isn't it wonderful that she's... her?"''
216-->-- '''Ralsei''', ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}''
217
218->'''''LIVE,''''' '''INSECT!'''
219-->--'''Ragnaros [[ThePaladin the Lightlord]]''' healing an ally, ''{{VideoGame/Hearthstone}}''
220[[/folder]]
221
222[[folder:Webcomics]]
223->''"Our manners are poor, but if we're rough around the edges it's because these are supposed to be ''cutting'' edges, and they see a lot of use."''
224-->-- '''Edward Bunnigus''', ''WebComic/SchlockMercenary''
225
226->'''VRISKA:''' I only ever wanted to do the right thing no matter how it made people judge me...\
227[...]\
228'''VRISKA:''' And you don't have to 8e a good person to 8e a hero.\
229'''VRISKA:''' You just have to know who you are and stay true to that.\
230'''VRISKA:''' So I'm going to keep fighting for people the only way I ever knew how.\
231'''VRISKA:''' 8y 8eing me.
232-->-- '''Vriska Serket''', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''
233[[/folder]]
234
235[[folder:Web Original]]
236->''"It was not by gentle sweetness and womanly self-abnegation that she had brought order out of chaos in the Scutari Hospitals, that, from her own resources, she had clothed the British Army, that she had spread her dominion over the serried and reluctant powers of the official world; it was by strict method, by stern discipline, by rigid attention to detail, by ceaseless labour, by the fixed determination of an indomitable will. Beneath her cool and calm demeanour lurked fierce and passionate fires. As she passed through the wards in her plain dress, so quiet, so unassuming, she struck the casual observer simply as the pattern of a perfect lady; but the keener eye perceived something more than that - the serenity of high deliberation in the scope of the capacious brow, the sign of power in the dominating curve of the thin nose, and the traces of a harsh and dangerous temper — something peevish, something mocking, and yet something precise — in the small and delicate mouth."''
237-->-- Description of '''Florence Nightingale''' in Barteby.com, ''Eminent Victorians''
238
239->''"So Ripley heads out there with the Marines to bust some fucking football-shaped heads and the shit hits the fan pretty much immediately...Along the way she takes the time out to stare the Alien Queen dead in the face before turning the blowtorch on an entire room full of her crazy alien eggs. Ripley doesn't give a shit that [[CollapsingLair the entire planet's going to be turned to dust in like five minutes]] -- she's the kind of badass who's not going to pass up any opportunity to be a total bitch."''
240-->-- ''Website/BadassOfTheWeek'' -- '''[[Film/{{Alien}} Ellen Ripley]]'''
241
242->'''Chris:''' According to the Wikipedia, Goyer’s original draft of this scene had Karen waking up next to a vampire fetus — a living one — that Whistler and Blade kept in a jar so they could test their weapons on it. This was cut out for reasons so obvious that I think Blade’s ''“motherf***er are you out of your damn mind?”'' reaction was actually filmed when [[WildTake the director told Snipes about it.]]\
243'''David:''' Wow, that’s… that’s pretty hardcore.\
244'''Chris:''' I’m just not sure America was ready for the fetus-torturing action hero.
245-->-- Chris Sims and David Uzumeri [[http://comicsalliance.com/blade-movie-review-comicsalliance/ on]] ''{{Film/Blade}}''
246
247->''"Kirk is allowed to be flawed as a character, in a way that Roddenberry never allowed with the cast of ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'', and I’d argue that Kirk comes across much better for it. This characterisation would really pay off until ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan The Wrath of Khan]]'', but it does make it clear that Kirk is more than just a charming rogue. He’s also arrogant and self-interested, characteristics hinted at on the show but never fully developed."''
248-->-- '''Darren Mooney''' [[http://them0vieblog.com/2013/08/01/non-review-review-star-trek-the-motion-picture/ on]] ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''
249
250->''"There is another of those excellent discussion amongst the crew that ''[=DS9=]'' excels at and its probably one of the best because it is about something as real as massacring a group of defenceless soldiers. O’Brien [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen thinks it is cowardly]], Garak thinks that humans [[CombatPragmatist impose far too many rules on combat]] that make victory a lot harder than it needs to be, and Sisko steps in with the very convincing statement that everybody needs to leave their morals at the door because when it comes to a choice between us and them there ''is'' no choice. That’s what makes him such a good leader – it's not a decision that [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard]] or [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Janeway]] could make without soul searching for five years afterwards...It's uncomfortable viewing but absolutely rivets you to the screen."''
251-->-- '''[[http://www.docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/deep-space-nine-season-six.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Rocks and Shoals"
252
253->'''Sombra''':Listen, Princess. I know this will sound ''crazy'', but-
254->(Cadence seals Sombra's mouth shut with magic)
255->'''Cadence''': No, ''you'' listen. You think you can just barge into my kingdom and terrorize my subjects?! Luna gave you a chance and you threw it in her ''face''. After what you did to those poor ponies... ...it's been so hard to get them to ''trust'' again. To feel ''safe''. And I will not let a heartless ''monster'' like you jeopardize all the progress we've made. For this Empire to heal, ''you'' can't be a part of it. I may be the Princess of Love... ...but I've ''none'' for the likes of ''you''. Once the crystal ponies return, you will be ''dealt'' with.
256-->-- Blog/AskKingSombra
257
258->'''Princess Celestia''': I'm sorry, little sister. I know you really thought he would change.
259->'''Princess Cadence''': But I knew he ''wouldn't''.
260-->-- Blog/AskKingSombra
261
262->'''Jon''': Is [[Franchise/DragonBall Vegeta]] a bad guy?
263->'''Arin''': He was, yeah.
264->'''Jon''': So, what is he just like- kinda like, is he aligned good but he's still a dick like [[VideoGame/{{StarFox}} Falco]] or something?
265->'''Arin''': Oh yeah, yeah pretty much.
266-->--''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 - [[https://youtu.be/ZtYbBOgMyhc?t=487 Part 49]]
267[[/folder]]
268
269[[folder:Western Animation]]
270->'''Trevor''': Right, I'll come back later. See if you can find some beer. (leaves)\
271'''Sypha''': I could pee in a bucket and tell him it's beer.\
272'''Elder Speaker''': Sypha, he saved your life.\
273'''Sypha''': He's RUDE.
274-->--''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017''
275
276->''"[[MadGod Discord]] is reformed, but he's not ''that'' reformed."''
277-->-- '''Spike''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
278
279->''"Bigot. Ingrate. Sycophant. '''Worm.''' So small, I could smite you with a step...There was a time I would smite you all for [[DePower what was done]] to Storm...but today, I have saved you from your own, for an old friend has challenged me to remember this view of Earth: how vast it is, versus how small we are. Charles Xavier trusted me with his dream, and it does not ask that you love or embrace my kind as your own...but merely, to accept that this is a shared world with a common future, and that my kind -- like yours -- have the right to live in it. I am '''trying''' to be better...please, '''do not make me let you down'''."''
280-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Magneto}}''', ''WesternAnimation/XMen97''
281[[/folder]]
282
283[[folder:Real Life]]
284->''"Peace is normally a great good, and normally it coincides with righteousness, but it is righteousness and not peace which should bind the conscience of a nation as it should bind the conscience of an individual; and neither a nation nor an individual can surrender conscience to another's keeping."''
285-->-- '''UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt'''
286
287->''"Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery."''
288-->-- '''UsefulNotes/MalcolmX'''
289
290->''"What usually sets me off is injustice. In defense of those I admire, I’m always ready — eager? — to do battle. Although I have the killer instinct altogether too well developed, I do try to deploy it in good causes. This pugnacity is inherited from my mother’s family, the Gores, an Anglo-Irish clan of eloquent, bad-tempered politicians, lawyers and preachers."''
291-->-- '''Creator/GoreVidal'''
292[[/folder]]

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