Line #24 Quotes/DirtyBusiness


1	->''Yes, I'll "win". The [[AttackOfThePoliticalAd dirtiest campaign]] in the history of corrupt politics. And if I win, I must fill all the dishonest pledges made in my name.''
2	-->-- ''[[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln Abe Lincoln]] in Illinois'' (1940)
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4	->'''The Operative:''' I believe in something greater than myself. A better world. A world without sin.\
5	'''Mal:''' So me and mine gotta lay down and die... so you can live in your better world?\
6	'''The Operative:''' I'm not going to live there. There's [[NoPlaceForMeThere no place for me there]]... any more than there is for you. Malcolm... I'm a monster. [[NecessarilyEvil What I do is evil. I have no illusions about it, but it must be done]].
7	-->-- ''Film/Serenity2005''
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9	->'''Rorschach:''' Blake's murder. You confess?\
10	'''The BigBad:''' "Confession" implies repentance. I merely [[DistinctionWithoutADifference regret his involvement]].
11	-->-- ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''
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13	->''To protect the innocent, to avoid being one of Burke's good men who do nothing, you have to accept permanent scars that cincture the heart and traumas of the mind that occasionally reopen to weep again.\
14	To do'' something, ''to do what you feel sure is right and in the aid of justice, you sometimes have to do things that, when recalled on lonely nights, make you wonder if in fact you are the good man that you like to believe you are.''
15	-->-- '''Literature/OddThomas''', ''Odd Hours''
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17	->'''Jouster:''' You want us to ''keep your secret?''\
18	'''Alexandria:''' Not the secret. Echidna. Four capes were inside her when she was scoured away. More were injured or killed in the course of the fight, or in Shatterbird's attack. We can't cover that up. We shouldn't. They were good capes. But we can't tell the whole story.\
19	'''Rime:''' [[BrokenPedestal You don't get to say that. You have no place, saying that]].\
20	'''Alexandria:''' I won't argue. Everything we did, we did for the right reasons. I understand it's ugly, without the context.
21	-->-- ''Literature/{{Worm}}''
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23	->Maybe these people need somebody like me around, someone to do their dirty work; a bad guy.
24	-->-- '''Merle Dixon''', ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010''
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26	->''"That's it, is it? I'm not virtuous enough for you, not noble? Fine, quit! Next time you need a deal made, call the Dalai Lama. A long time ago, I had to make a choice between being a good agent and a good person, because trust me, you can't be both! So forgive me if I don't have time to make everybody warm and fuzzy. I am just too busy spending every waking minute pouring any drink, pulling any shameless tricks I can to make my clients' dreams come true! '''[[LargeHam I AM A STARMAKER]]!'''"''
27	-->-- '''Bebe Glazer''', ''Series/{{Frasier}}''
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29	->'''Misato''': I'm the fool. And I've become a monster.\
30	'''Kaji''': You made hard choices. And you had your responsibilities.\
31	'''Misato''': So much blood, Kaji. I have so much blood on my hands.\
32	'''Kaji''': But you knew had to, [...] You had a reason.
33	-->--''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'', ''chapter 9''
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35	->'''Dev-Em:''' It was an inforunning operation out of a Dark Circle world. My contact was a man in deep cover. Their cointelpro caught up to us just after an information drop. We had made arrangements on what to do if such a thing happened. I exposed him as a traitor. My cover held. He was taken away, tortured, and killed. I got the package through. Later, I saw to it that his torturers got theirs. No, I didn't do it personally... but I made sure it was done. That's how it is in my world. Not pretty, but we get the job done.\
36	'''[[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Zor-El]]:''' ...\
37	'''Dev-Em:''' No, don't think I enjoyed it. Rolg's face still comes to me in a particularly juicy nightmare every now and then. But he has to wait his time in line. And you know what he tells me? He tells me about the people of that world who were liberated, in time, with the information I got through. He tells me that I did the right thing.
38	-->-- ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy''
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40	->''Already he could feel the blood on his hands, but he shook of the thoughts of guilt. He would prosecute his duty here, even if it pained him to do so.''
41	-->-- ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls''
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43	->'''[[ComicBook/XMen Titan]]:''' How did it feel when you killed Zenith? Our brother Guardsman?\
44	'''[[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol]]:''' Well, it wasn’t something I enjoyed. If there was a different way to go back and do it, I would. But we were in battle. It’s the age-old soldier’s question. 'Who's it gonna be, me or him?' I didn’t have anything against him. But I imagine every one of you knows about war.
45	-->-- ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires''
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47	->'''Tela Vasir:''' You think I betrayed the Council? Like Saren? Go to hell! The Broker’s given me damn good intel over the years. Intel that saved lives and kept the Citadel safe! So if the Broker needs a few people to disappear, I’ll pay that price without hesitation.\
48	'''Shepard:''' Spectres don't blow up buildings with innocent people!\
49	'''Tela Vasir:''' Sure we do. We get our hands dirty so the Council doesn't have to. The councilors might complain about our methods to soothe their consciences but they never look too closely.
50	-->-- ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''
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52	->''Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother you, you're not a good soldier.''
53	-->-- '''Curtis [=LeMay=]'''
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55	->'''Jake:''' She called me a war criminal.\
56	'''Cassie:''' She's wrong.\
57	'''Marco:''' [[IDidWhatIHadToDo Did what you had to do]], man. We all did.\
58	'''Ax:''' <Jake, it was I who pointed out the possibilities to you. I pointed out that the Yeerk pool aboard the ship could be drained.>\
59	'''Jake:''' Yeah, but I made the call. I pulled the plug. So why don't you tell me: How is that prosecutor wrong? [[HeWhoFightsMonsters How is Visser One evil and I'm not]]? I'd really like to know that.\
60	'''Cassie:''' Jake, I've thought a lot about this... I've had to think about it because I've done the same things you've done, Jake. You were the leader, but if you're a war criminal then [[JustFollowingOrders so are we for following you]]. I've had to make my own peace with things I've done.\
61	Jake, you can't...You can't equate the victim and the perpetrator.\
62	'''Jake:''' So as long as you're playing defense it's not possible to commit a war crime? That's pretty close to just saying that the winner makes the rules because the winner writes the history.\
63	'''Cassie:''' No, Jake, it isn't. There are a lot of close calls in history, lots of wars where the blame is evenly split between the sides. This isn't one of them [...] This one is clear: We are the victims. They made war on us.
64	-->-- ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' #54, ''The Beginning''

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