Line #39 Quotes/LawfulGood


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3	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
4	->''"The main thing I keep in mind during these cases is to serve the law and people. To see them as equal despite practicality and contradictions of the situation dangling before you."''
5	-->-- '''Chrono Harlaown''', ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs Sound Stage 2''
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7	->''"Do you know the most demeaning thing you can do to the law that we should respect? Creating and administering a law that is unworthy of protection."''
8	-->-- '''Akane Tsunemori''', ''Anime/PsychoPass''
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11	[[folder:Fanfiction]]
12	->Deedee nodded. "It is my duty. I give other kwami time to recuperate from injury or illness while allowing their wielder to remain at the frontlines. My gifts are suitable replacements for most kwami and, as I am healer and protector of the hive, it is my honour to serve."\
13	"Doesn't that ever get lonely?" Adrien asked. "Don't you want your own wielder?"\
14	"I do not understand the purpose of your question," Deedee said, cocking her head at him. "This is what I chose. Other kwami bind themselves to one wielder. I bind myself to all. I protect the hive; this is my purpose. And I'm good at it."
15	-->-- ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12014693/6/Sting Sting]]'', a ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fic
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18	[[folder:Film]]
19	->''"My laws must bind everyone, high and low, or they're not laws at all."''
20	-->--'''King Arthur Pendragon''', ''Film/{{Excalibur}}''
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22	->''"I had to prove to myself that the Law could be proper and righteous and for the good of humankind. [[ByTheBookCop It was from that moment that I was destined to be a police officer.]]"''
23	-->-- '''Nicholas Angel''', ''Film/HotFuzz''
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25	->''[[AC:1. Serve the public trust.\
26	2. Protect the innocent.\
27	3. Uphold the law.]]''
28	-->-- '''Franchise/{{RoboCop}}'s''' prime directives
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30	->'''Mitch''': I got mine, Wayne; you get the rest of them.\
31	'''Wayne''': Get 'em with ''what?!'' "Overbilling, mail fraud"? ''Oh'', that's exciting!\
32	'''Mitch''': It's not sexy, but it's got teeth. Ten thousand dollars and five years in prison. That's ten and five for each act.
33	-->--''Film/{{Thefilm}}''
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35	->''"I have sacrificed much to achieve peace. So too must a new generation sacrifice to maintain that peace. Responsibility! Duty! Honour! These are not mere virtues to which we must aspire! They are essential to every soldier, to every king!"''
36	-->--'''Odin''', ''Film/{{Thor}}'' trailer
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39	[[folder:Literature]]
40	->''"I swear to seek justice, to let it guide me, until I find a more perfect Ideal."''
41	-->-- Second Ideal of the Skybreakers, ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''
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43	->''"I swore to uphold and defend the Crown, my lord. And that means I am bound by the law. One does not arrest, judge, sentence, or execute prisoners without the due course of the law. Neither does an agent of the Crown betray her word once given."''
44	-->-- '''Amara''', ''Literature/CodexAlera''
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46	->''"The machine ain't broken, Carcer. The machine is waiting for you. The city will kill you dead. The proper wheels will turn. It'll be fair, I'll make sure of that."''
47	-->-- '''Samuel Vimes''', ''Literature/NightWatchDiscworld''
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49	->''"Law is order and order is law and it must be the highest thing. The world runs on it, the heavens run on it and without order, lad, one second cannot follow another."''
50	-->-- '''Samuel Vimes''', ''Literature/{{Snuff}}''
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52	->''"For as long as I'd known her, Murphy had upheld the law. She had a good head on her shoulders when it came to the nature of good and evil and right and wrong, but her first duty had been to the law. She'd believed in it, that it was the best way to help and protect her fellow man. She'd had faith that the power of the law, while imperfect, was absolute - almost holy. It was a rallying point in her soul, a foundation block of her strength."''
53	-->-- '''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]]''', ''Literature/BloodRites''
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56	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
57	->''"That was good of you. That was lawful good of you."''
58	-->-- '''Stephen Colbert''', ''Series/TheColbertReport''
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60	->''"Rights, sir, human rights. The Bible, the Code of Hammurabi and of Justinian, Magna Carta, the Constitution of the United States, [[FamousFamousFictional Fundamental Declarations of the Martian colonies, the Statutes of Alpha Three.]] Gentlemen, these documents all speak of rights. Rights of the accused to a trial by his peers, to be represented by counsel, the rights of cross-examination, but most importantly, the right to be confronted by the witnesses against him..."''
61	-->-- '''Samuel T. Cogley''', ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries,'' "Court Martial"
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63	->'''Yang Elder:''' No! No! Only the eyes of a chief may see the Ee'd Plebnista.
64	->'''Capt. James T. Kirk:''' This was not written for chiefs. (''general consternation'') Hear me! Hear this! Among my people, we carry many such words as this from many lands, many worlds. Many are equally good and are as well respected, but wherever we have gone, no words have said this thing of importance in quite this way. Look at these three words written larger than the rest, with a special pride never written before or since. Tall words proudly saying "We the People". That which you call Ee'd Plebnista was not written for the chiefs or the kings or the warriors or the rich and powerful, but for all the people! Down the centuries, you have slurred the meaning of the words, "We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution." These words and the words that follow were not written only for the Yangs, but for the Kohms as well!
65	->'''Cloud William:''' The Kohms?
66	->'''Kirk:''' They must apply to everyone or they mean nothing! Do you understand?
67	->'''Cloud William:''' I do not fully understand, one named Kirk. But the holy words will be obeyed. I swear it.
68	-->-- ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', "The Omega Glory"
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70	->''"You wanted a chance to make law? Well, here it is. Make it a good one."''
71	-->-- '''Captain Jean-Luc Picard''', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "The Measure of a Man"
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73	->''"Couple weeks from now, you're gonna be in some district somewhere with 11 or 12 uniforms looking to you for everything. And some of them are gonna be good police. Some of them are gonna be young and stupid. A few are gonna be pieces of shit. But all of them will take their cue from you. You show loyalty, they learn loyalty. You show them it's about the work, it'll be about the work. You show them some other kinda game, then that's the game they'll play."''
74	-->-- '''[[TheLastDJ Daniels]]''' to Carver, ''Series/TheWire''
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76	->''"The law is a spear that slays kings. The law is also a shield that defends the people. And that is why Gokkan stands resolute! The earth can shatter, and the heavens can fall…But Rita Kaniska remains unshaken!"''
77	-->-- '''[[ConsummateProfessional Rita Kaniska]]''' to Rcules Husty, ''Series/OhsamaSentaiKingOhger''
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80	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
81	->"A lawful good person acts as a good person is expected or required to act. She combines a commitment to opposing evil with the discipline to fight relentlessly. She tells the truth, keeps her word, helps those in need, and speaks out against injustice. A lawful good character hates to see the guilty go unpunished. [...] Lawful good is the best alignment you can be because it combines honor and compassion."
82	-->-- ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons: Player's Handbook'', 3.5th Edition
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84	->''"Justice and honor are a heavy burden for the righteous. We carry this weight so that the weak may grow strong and the meek grow brave."''
85	-->-- ''''The Acts of Iomedae''', TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}''
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87	->''"Justice is all. Honor is my armor. He who commits a crime will pay. Without law and truth, there is only chaos. I am the light, I am the sword of righteousness. My enemy shall pay in the end. Right is might. My soul is pure. My word is truth."''
88	-->-- Introduction to Lawful Good, ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} Ultimate Campaign''
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91	[[folder:Theatre]]
92	->'''Omar:''' This boy has robbed me!
93	->'''Ja'far:''' So you'd take the law into your own hands?
94	->'''Omar:''' It is ''my right'', Ja'far!
95	->'''Ja'far''' But ''is'' it right?
96	-->--'''Theatre/TwistedTheUntoldStoryOfARoyalVizier'''
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99	[[folder:Video Games]]
100	->''"Absolute freedom is no better than chaos. Society needs laws and regulations to protect it."''
101	-->-- '''Adam Jensen''', quoting William Taggart, ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution''
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103	->''"No day goes by where I am not tempted to return to my inborn nature. ''Zin krif haalvut se suleyk.''[[labelnote:Translation]]Approximately: "Honor fights the touch of power."[[/labelnote]] What is better? To be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"''
104	-->-- '''Paarthurnax''', ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''
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106	->''"We mustn't overlook our duty as knights to protect the people."''
107	-->-- '''Sigurd''', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar''
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109	->''"It doesn't matter what dirty tactics your foes use or how much the odds are stacked against you. I believe in the law. If we really want to change the world, we have to do it by the book.''"
110	-->-- '''Machias Regnitz''', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel IV''
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112	->''"It's not the severity of punishment that deters criminals. It's the ''certainty'' of it."''
113	-->-- '''Commander Shepard''', ''VideoGame/{{Mass Effect\|1}}''
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115	->''"The point of all this, I guess, is that when you cut corners... it's not always obvious who pays for it."''
116	-->-- '''Kaidan Alenko''', ''VideoGame/{{Mass Effect\|1}}''
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118	->''"Rules do not exist to limit you. They exist so that you may know your freedoms."''
119	-->-- '''The King of Facade''', ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}''
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121	->''"We all - mortal and god alike - can share this world. But for us to work together, consensus and law are required."''
122	-->-- '''Armadyl''', the God of Law, ''VideoGame/RuneScape''
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124	->Khassar de templari. (From order comes justice.)
125	-->-- '''High Templar''' recruitment phrase, ''Franchise/StarCraft''
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127	->''"You came to us in search of a purpose, and mark this: there is no purpose greater than ours. The world will founder without structure and discipline. It needs leadership to guide it to a new age of stability. It needs those with the will to stamp out the darkness that breeds in the cracks. We do this because we are compelled - by [[GoodOldWays tradition]], by [[UndyingLoyalty loyalty]], by ''[[ByTheBookCop laws]].'' Without these, we are just animals. Evil rules over animals, corrupting and compromising, toppling empires; so our empire must be ''incorruptible'', must be ''uncompromising.'' Our conflict must be a righteous one. Your conviction will be tested, but among us, your faith will be unshaken... among the Templars."''
128	-->-- '''Templar Faction Trailer''', ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''
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130	->'''Randy:''' ''[Very drunk]'' All right, I'm gonna take a cab.\
131	'''Captain Diabetes:''' There! Nobody drinks and drives on Captain Diabetes' watch!
132	-->-- ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole''
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134	->"We’re on duty today, whether you like it or not. Can’t sleep while the enemy plots!"\
135	Agents 1 and 2 are generally busy with their own problems these days, so these guardians of order protect the denizens of Inkopolis from the shadows.
136	-->-- ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}''[='=]s [[https://splatoonus.tumblr.com/post/186201194199/capn-cuttlefish-agent-3-team-order-were-on Squid Research Lab]] on '''Cap'n Cuttlefish''' & '''Agent 3'''
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139	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
140	->''"The law is the end product of many years of history... the fruit of human knowledge! Like a gem, polished to a gleam through trials... and errors. It is this fruit we receive, and pass on, and face in our time. And it is always changing, growing. Nurturing it is our task as human beings."''
141	-->-- '''The Judge''', ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney''
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144	[[folder:Webcomics]]
145	->"[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002794 The mail is sacred,]] and sacred is the trust between the Post Man and the recipients of his precious parcels. You have made a solemn pledge to deliver this letter to the doctor, just as soon as you determine where this address is, or find any sort of discernible mailing address in this wasteland, for that matter. The mail is freedom. The mail is life. The mail is the very fabric of civiliz...\
146	Wait.\
147	Hold that thought for one moment...\
148	''[PM puts on her mail carrier's cap]''\
149	[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002796 The mail]] is the one final hope for resurrecting a dead planet from its ashes, and the letter carriers are the brave soldiers of God in this righteous crusade. They are the defenders of the light of knowledge, free communication, and the exchange of ideas. They are the bold toters of all those little papery conduits of freedom, the white postmarked angels that whisper a message on their deliverance, a promise to the yearning: "There is hope yet."\
150	Liberty. Reason. Justice. Civility. Edification. Perfection.\
151	'''MAIL.'''"
152	-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''
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155	[[folder:Western Animation]]
156	->'''ComicBook/TheFlash''': We can't just sit here [and watch you be executed].\
157	'''ComicBook/GreenLantern''': We have to. Think of the others like us. We need to be held accountable. [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility We have too much power not to be]].
158	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''
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161	[[folder:Real Life]]
162	->''"The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law."''
163	-->-- '''Creator/{{Aristotle}}'''
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165	->''"I love this Senate; I love it dearly. I love the Senate for its rules; I love the Senate for its precedents; I love the Senate for the difference that it can make in peoples' lives."''
166	-->-- '''Senator Robert Byrd'''
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168	->''"For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked."''
169	-->-- '''Creator/{{Cicero}}'''
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171	->''"He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done."''
172	-->-- '''Creator/LeonardoDaVinci'''
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174	->''"Without justice, courage is weak."''
175	-->-- '''Creator/BenjaminFranklin'''
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177	->''"Then Anu and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure the exalted prince]], who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil-doers; so that the strong should not harm the weak."''
178	-->-- ''The Code of Hammurabi''
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180	->''"True peace is not merely the absence of tension. It is the presence of justice."''
181	-->-- '''Dr. UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr'''
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183	->''"To destroy this invisible Government, this unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day. This country belongs to the people. Its resources, its business, its laws, its institutions should be utilized, maintained, or altered in whatever manner will best promote the general interest."''
184	-->-- '''President UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt'''
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186	->''"Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law."''
187	-->-- '''Creator/{{Sophocles}}'''
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189	->''"If there be in nature such a principle as justice, it is necessarily the only political principle there ever was, or ever will be. All the other so-called political principles, which men are in the habit of inventing, are not principles at all."''
190	-->-- '''Lysander Spooner'''
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192	->''"No Freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his Freehold, or Liberties, or free Customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any other wise destroyed; nor will We not pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the land. We will sell to no man, we will not deny or defer to any man either Justice or Right."''
193	-->-- Magna Carta Libertatum, 39th Clause
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195	->''"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."''
196	-->-- The United States Constitution, 14th Amendment
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