Quotes / My Master, Right or Wrong

"You don't know the power of the dark side. I must obey my master."

— Darth Vader, Return of the Jedi

"By the code, I will follow you Shepard. Your morals are my morals, your choices are my choices."

— Justicar Samara, Mass Effect 2

Hermes: Mr. Smithers, help me!
Mr. Smithers: I'm sorry, but I have to obey Mr. Burns, even if it goes against everything I believe.
Hermes: (to Zoidberg) Now there's a work ethic! Why can't you be more like him?

— The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis

Lancelot: The King's orders are absolute, Gawain.
Gawain: Yes, but...!
Percival: Without loyalty to the king, we are nothing. Still, the King... He has changed...

— Sonic and the Black Knight

"I am my master's sword. I'll cut down anything you tell me to cut. Ideals and beliefs are equally powerless before my sword."

— Okita, Fate/Grand Order

Sohma Maid: Why would you do such a thing? Carry her off without permission like that? Surely you realize your actions will constitute a betrayal of Akito.
Kureno: So what then? You're saying I should have just left her there?
Maid: If that's what Akito wished, then yes, you should have.

— Fruits Basket

"I know that he has to do terrible things. I know he hates himself as much as the enemy. That is why he has my loyalty, because he would do anything to keep the people safe. Even if they hated him for it, he would still raise his sword to protect them."

— Lily, The Night Unfurls

He apparently holds the office of prosecutor general because he has been a faithful and thorough executor of whatever law was decreed by his superiors in the worst days of Stalin as well as in the best days of Premier Khrushchev. He has purged and he has purged the purgers. He has helped to concoct false confessions and fantastic indictments, and he has dealt affably and studiously before a tribunal run in the Anglo-Saxon manner. He has stretched the law as ordered, to arrange secret and unconstitutional proceedings, and he has presided over efforts to reestablish the law against the former abuse.

— New York Times article on Roman Rudenko, Operation Overflight

"A dog doesn't care if its master is good or bad, so long as it cares for it."

— Granny Weatherwax, Wyrd Sisters

"You know I would do anything for you, my Diamond. Whether you are Pink Diamond or Rose Quartz, your wish is my command."

— Jasper, What Might Have Been

"Carter, mistake me not. I know ye were but an instrument in the hands of others; a churl must obey his lord; I would not bear heavily on such an one."

— Dick Shelton, The Black Arrow

Axl: The great and wise Stonekong... How could you, of all people, do such a thing?!
Stonekong: We... We have already strayed from the path. Now, all we can do is stay true to our beliefs, wherever they might lead us.
Axl: But what Red Alert is doing is wrong!
Stonekong: I know that! Both you and I know they are being manipulated. I fight for loyalty. Ready yourself!

— Mega Man X7

Jaime and Jon Darry had stood at guard outside her bedchamber whilst the king took his pleasure. “You’re hurting me,” they had heard Rhaella cry through the oaken door. “You’re hurting me.” In some queer way, that had been worse than Lord Chelsted’s screaming. “We are sworn to protect her as well,” Jaime had finally been driven to say. “We are,” Darry allowed, “but not from him.”

— A Song of Ice and Fire

"Ahzrukhal was an evil bastard. So long as he held my contract, I was honor bound to do as he commanded. But now you are my employer, which freed me to rid the world of that disgusting rat. And now, for good or ill, I serve you."

— Charon, Fallout 3

'''I am serving my president... not necessarily in the best interests of my country. My job does not allow me to make that sort of distinction.

— Major-General William Devereaux on instilling martial law in New York City, The Siege

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