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3	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
4	->'''French agent:''' This is a dangerous mission, and some of you will die. But remember, in a world gone mad, you will die for a principle that you all hold close to your heart. Money!\
5	'''Mercenaries:''' Viva franc! Viva deutschmark! Viva dollar! Viva [[SwissBankAccount numbered bank account in Switzerland]]!
6	-->-- ''Film/Water1985''
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8	->Back on Earth, these guys were Army dogs, Marines, fighting for freedom. Out here they're hired guns, taking the company's money.
9	-->-- '''Jake Sully''', ''Film/{{Avatar}}''
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11	->'''Nile''' How many shooters on site?
12	->'''Copley:''' At least thirty. Their boss, Keane, is ex-Special Forces.
13	->'''Nile''' What kind of CEO rolls round with his own personal army?
14	->'''Copley:''' These days? Most of them.
15	-->-- ''Film/TheOldGuard''
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18	[[folder:Literature]]
19	->So what's wrong with being a mercenary? Is your war worth fighting? If it is, then why does it matter who fights it for you? Aren't we imbued with the righteousness of your cause when we take up arms for you? Would you rather your own men and women died to make the point? And if your war is so noble, so necessary - why aren't you fighting it for yourself? Think of all that before you spit on us, ''aruetii''.
20	-->-- '''Jaster Mereel''', ''Franchise/StarWars: [[Literature/RepublicCommandoSeries Order 66 - A Republic Commando Novel]]''
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22	->We're not something wriggling with too many legs that you found in your sleeping bag. The proper tone of voice is ''Mercenaries!'' -- with a glad cry.
23	-->-- '''Miles Vorkosigan''', ''[[Literature/VorkosiganSaga The Borders of Infinity]]''
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26	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
27	->'''Ryder Stahl:''' We're security consultants, not mercenaries.\
28	'''[[FunWithSubtitles Subtitles:]]''' RYDER STAHL -- MERCENARY
29	-->-- ''Series/BurnNotice'', "Breaking and Entering"
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32	[[folder:Music]]
33	->Roland was a warrior\
34	From the Land of the Midnight Sun\
35	With a Thompson Gun for hire\
36	Fighting to be done\
37	The deal was made in Denmark\
38	On a dark and stormy day\
39	So he set out for Biafra\
40	To join the bloody fray\
41	Through '66 and 7\
42	They fought the Congo War\
43	With their fingers on their triggers\
44	Knee-deep in gore\
45	The days and nights they battled\
46	The Bantu to their knees\
47	They killed to earn their living\
48	And to help out the Congolese
49	-->-- '''Music/WarrenZevon''', "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner"
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52	[[folder:Poetry]]
53	->These, in the day when heaven was falling,\
54	The hour when earth's foundations fled, \
55	Followed their mercenary calling, \
56	And took their wages, and are dead.\
57	Their shoulders held the sky suspended; \
58	They stood, and earth's foundations stay; \
59	What God abandoned, these defended, \
60	And saved the sum of things for pay.
61	-->-- '''A.E. Housman''', "Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries"
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64	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
65	->Occasionally, Uncle Sam needed something doing in a place where Uncle Sam shouldn't be, and you answered your country's call... or anyone else's country, for that matter, [[OnlyInItForTheMoney so long as the money was good]]. The mercenary's creed: In Gold We Trust. You made some fun friends, too - you can call in favors from tinpot generals and two-bit dictators from Cambodia to Columbia, and you have [[{{Blackmail}} enough dirt on the great and the good]] back home to ensure a peaceful retirement if you ever get old and tired.
66	-->-- The Mercenary character template, ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Clanbook: Assamite''
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68	->You people do well at war because you treat it as a religion. We do well because we treat it as a business. It is just a matter of outlook.
69	-->-- '''Grungi''', [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Squat]] [[BadassBiker Biker Lord]], ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''
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72	[[folder:Video Games]]
73	->'''Aloy:''' "Freebooters?" What are those?\
74	'''Erend:''' I guess you could say we were mercenaries - warriors for pay. Except a lot more loyal than that makes us sound. Avad couldn't have taken down his father without our metal and muscle. And now some of us serve proudly as his personal Vanguard.
75	-->-- ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn''
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77	->Mercenaries don't care about sides or politics, they care about getting ''paid''.
78	-->-- ''VideoGame/{{MechCommander}} 2'' intro cutscene
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80	->Snipin's a good job, mate! Challenging work... out of doors... I guarantee you'll not go hungry, 'cause at the end of the day, 'long as there's two people left on the planet, someone is going to want ''someone'' dead.
81	-->-- '''The Sniper''', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''
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83	->"We're just suppliers. We don't create the market for war. Didja think that every battle in history was all part of some big ol' conspiracy? BULLSHIT! War is just part'a who we are. Why fight it? Anyway, none of this will matter in three hours. Demand for PMC's is about to skyrocket. Like the good ol' days after 9/11!
84	-->-- '''Sundowner''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''
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87	[[folder:Web Animation]]
88	->I wouldn't say I'm mean, I just get paid to do mean things.
89	-->-- '''[[SamusIsAGirl Tex]]''', ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''
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91	->What has the games industry have against [=PMCs=]? Is it the "murder for profit" thing? Oh, like ''you're'' perfect, games industry.
92	-->-- '''Yahtzee''', ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''
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95	[[folder:Webcomics]]
96	->'''Tagon:''' Mister Grizzly, my men and I may not be nice people, but we're not bad people. We're hardworking, honest, and true to our word.\
97	'''Ozvegan Griz:''' And sometimes you're bound by your word to kill people.\
98	'''Tagon:''' But they're almost always bad guys and we only do it for the money.
99	-->-- ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''
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101	->Every client is one missed payment away from being a target.
102	-->-- [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-03-11 Maxim #49]] of The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries, ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''
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105	[[folder:Web Original]]
106	->'''Alucard''': So what's with the pride meeting?\
107	'''Integra''': They're a mercenary group contracted to replace all the men we lost in the Valentine-\
108	'''Alucard''': Hold on, are these guys ''French''?!\
109	'''Integra''': We were forced to post mortality rates. They were the only ones who applied.\
110	'''Alucard''': We are ''seriously'' scraping the bottom of the barrel here.
111	-->--''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'' Episode 3
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114	[[folder:Real Life]]
115	->I say, then, that the arms with which the prince defends his state are either his own, or they are those of mercenaries, or auxiliaries, or mixed troops. The mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless and dangerous, and if anyone has a state founded on the arms of mercenaries, he will never be stable or secure, because they are disunited, ambitious, without discipline, disloyal; bold among friends, among enemies cowardly; without fear of God, without faith in men; and your ruin is deferred only as long as the assault is deferred; and in peace you are plundered by them, in war by the enemy. The reason for this is that they have no love or any motive that keeps them in the field other than a little bit of salary, which is not enough to make them willing to die for you. They are quite willing to be your soldiers as long as you are not waging war, but when war comes, then it is: retreat or run away. I should not have to expend much effort to demonstrate this, since the present ruin of Italy is caused by nothing other than its having relied for many years on mercenary armies. These once enabled some men to get ahead, and they did appear courageous among themselves, but when the foreigner arrived, they showed themselves for what they are.
116	-->-- '''Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli''', ''Literature/ThePrince''
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118	->To provide a highly professional and confidential military advisory service to [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial legitimate governments]].\
119	To provide sound military and strategic advice.\
120	To provide the most professional military training packages currently available to armed forces, covering aspects related to sea, air, and land warfare.\
121	To provide advice to armed forces on weapon and weapon platform selection.\
122	To provide a total apolitical service based on confidentiality, professionalism, and dedication.
123	-->-- Mission Statement of '''Executive Outcomes'''
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125	->As long as there is man, there will be violence.\
126	As long as there is violence, there will be war.\
127	And as long as there is war... we will always have a job.
128	-->-- Anonymous
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