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Sailor: Mayday! I'm the only one left. Their pieces... I'm... I think he wants me alive t-to tell the tale!
Radio Operator: Say again last transmission?
Now I understand why Jeremiah was spared, when the cold wind grips me and I see the faces peering into the darkness on the point of hysterical terror. He was truly spared, even given the gift of elongated life, so that he may live to this day and no further. He was a messenger. The Devils That Stalk Men want us to know. They want us to fear them. And they will come and they will kill us. But they don't just kill you...
— Final Journal entry of Marenza Balthus, Warhammer 40,000: Codex - Dark Eldar (2nd ed)

Cyberman Ashad: So few of you now. Should I let you live? You could tell the tale, speak of their deaths, of my power, to every other species. Spread my message. Tell them: be afraid. All humanity have been erased. All life will fall, and the Cybermen will rise again.
The Doctor: (Walk-In Chime-In) Not if I have anything to say about it.
Doctor Who, "Ascension of the Cybermen"

Bedouin leader: For centuries our people have roamed across this land. It has always been our home. In our culture, a man who has courage is valued above all. For this reason, I will allow you to leave. Take a message to your leaders, this is what would happen note  if they continue invading our country.
Legionnaire, the ending where the Legion of Lost Souls are wiped down to one last man

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