->''"Altering men's minds to believe as you wish them to is absolutely, categorically ''wrong'' -- even if what you want to make them believe is ''good'' for them!"''
-->--'''Nighthawk'''

->''"You're ''hypocrites'', all of you! You supported the building of the [behavior modification] machine! You supported it's use! ''Now'' you're going to quibble about how it's used, who it's used on? ''You'' handed the Archer a loaded gun -- and now ''you're'' shirking the responsibility of him using it! What a ''joke''. "''
-->--'''Amphibian'''

->''"Let's leave ''morality'' out of this for a moment. You want to know what's the ''biggest argument'' against what you and the Squadron tried to do? It's that you created a utopia that needs ''you'' to constantly maintain it. All of the things you've given the world -- behavior modification, gun control, abolishment of the militia, hibernacles -- all of those things only work for the good of society as long as you basically good-intentioned people ''oversee'' them. But what happens when you're ''gone''? Can future generations be ''trusted'' to use what you've created as ''nobly'' as you did? I think ''not''. Your utopian system is a ''failure'' because it requires beings as powerful and good as you to prevent it's abuse. Today's ''utopia'' could be tomorrow's ''totalitarian state'' -- all because you gave men the means to create it! Better to ''dismantle'' your 'perfect' system and let the government of that imperfect species -- ''man'' -- be an ''imperfect'' system he is capable of handling!"''
-->--'''Nighthawk'''

->''"There was a danger in calling ourselves the Squadron ''Supreme''. We began to believe that we always knew what we were doing -- that our ''noble ends'' justified our ''ignoble means''. Before he died, [[spoiler:Nighthawk]] made me see that in our haste to save the world, we never considered the ''long-range consequences'' of our deeds. Ours is a ''precarious'' utopia, built with the most ''dangerous tools'' yet devised. We dare not make society dependent on them."''
-->--'''Hyperion'''
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