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->''What does ''better than'' mean to those of us who have passed beyond notions of good and evil? Are you better than Bon Tapalo? Are you better than Queen Padme Amidala? I am the only one fit to answer that question. ''Better'' are those who who my bidding.''
-->-- '''Darth Plagueis''' to King Veruna, ''Literature/DarthPlagueis''
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->''"I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is."''
-->-- '''{{Satan}}''', ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfMarkTwain''
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->''"You know full well this is merely a face concealing a vastness that will never cease, because your Good and your Bad are nothing to me. All that exists is to Win, or to Lose."''
-->-- '''The Toymaker''' to the Doctor, ''Series/DoctorWho''
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He wasn't a serial killer, he only killed one person.


-->-- '''William Edward Hickman''', SerialKiller, and Creator/AynRand's [[http://michaelprescott.freeservers.com/romancing-the-stone-cold.html personal muse]]

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-->-- '''William Edward Hickman''', SerialKiller, [[WouldHurtAChild child murderer]], and Creator/AynRand's [[http://michaelprescott.freeservers.com/romancing-the-stone-cold.html personal muse]]
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->''There is no morality to him. No goodness. No evil intent when he killed Eo. He believes he is beyond morality. His aspirations are so grand that he has become inhuman in his desparate desire to preserve humanity.''
-->-- Darrow on '''Nero au Augustus''', ''Golden Son (Literature/RedRising)''

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->''"What I'm trying to say is -- ''There is no right or wrong apart from what you decide''. Whom you choose to defend deserves to be defended simply because ''you'' chose them. You are the ''Fire Lord''. What you choose, by definition, is ''right''."''

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\n->''"You must '''really''' hate me to go out of your way to concoct an [[AndIMustScream unnecessarily]] [[SadisticChoice sadistic]] moral dilemma like that. Or are you just '''mocking''' the whole conceit of morals? Maybe from your vantage point the whole idea of right and wrong seems like a silly little dance."''
-->-- '''ComicBook/AtomicRobo''' to '''[[EldritchAbomination The Shadow]] [[OutsideGenreFoe From Beyond Time]]'''

->''"What I'm trying to say is -- ''There ''there is no right or wrong apart from what you decide''. Whom you choose to defend deserves to be defended simply because ''you'' chose them. You are the ''Fire Lord''. What you choose, by definition, is ''right''."''



->'''Adrian Veidt''': I'd hope you'd understand, unlike [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity Rorschach]]...\\
'''Doctor Manhattan''': Yes, I understand, without condoning or condemning. Human affairs cannot be my concern. I'm leaving this galaxy for one less complicated.\\
'''Adrian Veidt''': But you'd regained your interest in human life...\\
'''Doctor Manhattan''': Yes, I have. [[PhysicalGod I think perhaps I'll create some]].
-->-- ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''

->''"You would seek to punish me? I am'' beyond ''good and evil."''
-->-- '''[[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]]'''

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->'''Adrian Veidt''': I'd hope you'd understand, unlike [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity Rorschach]]...\\
'''Doctor Manhattan''': Yes, I understand, without condoning or condemning. Human affairs cannot be my concern. I'm leaving this galaxy for one less complicated.\\
'''Adrian Veidt''': But you'd regained your interest in human life...\\
'''Doctor Manhattan''': Yes, I have. [[PhysicalGod I think perhaps I'll create some]].
-->-- ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''

->''"You would seek to punish me? I am'' beyond ''good
->''"There is no good and evil.evil. What is evil to you depends on what side you are on. What is good to you is evil to the rat creatures, and vice versa."''
-->-- '''[[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]]'''
'''Roque Ja''', ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}''

->''"You would seek to punish me? I am ''beyond'' good and evil."''
-->-- '''Galactus''', ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''

->''"The fact I derive pleasure from cruelty doesn't make me feel guilty, Frank... guilt is ridiculous. There is no 'good' or 'bad'. There is only pleasure and pain... with no Heaven or Hell at the end of it!"''
-->-- '''Colonel De Sade''', ''ComicBook/ThePunisher''



-->-- '''Barry Metzner''' to '''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}''', ''[[Comicbook/Supergirl1982 Supergirl Volume 2]]'' #23

->''"You must '''really''' hate me to go out of your way to concoct an [[AndIMustScream unnecessarily]] [[SadisticChoice sadistic]] moral dilemma like that. Or are you just '''mocking''' the whole conceit of morals? Maybe from your vantage point the whole idea of right and wrong seems like a silly little dance."''
-->-- '''ComicBook/AtomicRobo''' to '''[[EldritchAbomination The Shadow]] [[OutsideGenreFoe From Beyond Time]]'''

->''""The fact I derive pleasure from cruelty doesn't make me feel guilty, Frank... guilt is ridiculous. There is no 'good' or 'bad'. There is only pleasure and pain... with no Heaven or Hell at the end of it!""''
-->--'''Colonel De Sade''', ''ComicBook/ThePunisher''

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-->-- '''Barry Metzner''' to '''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}''', ''[[Comicbook/Supergirl1982 Supergirl Volume 2]]'' '''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''', ''ComicBook/Supergirl1982'' #23

->''"You must '''really''' hate me to go out of ->'''Adrian Veidt:''' I'd hope you'd understand, unlike [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity Rorschach]]...\\
'''Doctor Manhattan:''' Yes, I understand, without condoning or condemning. Human affairs cannot be my concern. I'm leaving this galaxy for one less complicated.\\
'''Adrian Veidt:''' But you'd regained
your way to concoct an [[AndIMustScream unnecessarily]] [[SadisticChoice sadistic]] moral dilemma like that. Or are you just '''mocking''' the whole conceit of morals? Maybe from your vantage point the whole idea of right and wrong seems like a silly little dance."''
interest in human life...\\
'''Doctor Manhattan:''' Yes, I have. [[PhysicalGod I think perhaps I'll create some]].
-->-- '''ComicBook/AtomicRobo''' to '''[[EldritchAbomination The Shadow]] [[OutsideGenreFoe From Beyond Time]]'''

->''""The fact I derive pleasure from cruelty doesn't make me feel guilty, Frank... guilt is ridiculous. There is no 'good' or 'bad'. There is only pleasure and pain... with no Heaven or Hell at the end of it!""''
-->--'''Colonel De Sade''', ''ComicBook/ThePunisher''
''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''
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->''"Good... evil... that's the futile perspective of narrow-minded beings. There is no such distinction in wandering spirits."''
-->--'''Bargainer Statue''', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom''
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->''"I don't fight for good, and I don't fight for evil. I just fight!"''

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->''"I don't fight for good, and I don't fight for evil. [[BloodKnight I just fight!"''fight!]]"''
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->''"Short-sighted fool. I have no interest in your narrow interpretation of morality. I'm above all that, above good and evil."''
-->-- '''The Contessa''', ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves''

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->''"Short-sighted ->'''The Contessa:''' Short-sighted fool. I have no interest in your narrow interpretation of morality. I'm above all that, above good and evil."''
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'''Sly:''' [[ShutUpHannibal And you think I'd give the Eye to someone that's "above morality"?]]
-->-- '''The Contessa''', ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves''
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->''"There are no good and bad guys, jussst power. And I want it all!"''
-->-- '''Mos'quita-ra''', ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021''
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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/XMen''

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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/XMen''''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''

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->''"Morals are for men, not [[AGodAmI gods]]."''
-->-- '''Gary Mitchell''', ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' ("Where No Man Has Gone Before")


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->''"Your whole life you've been told to be good. But good is only a matter of perspective. Always remember that your enemies think they're doing what's right. They think they're the hero and you're the villain. But now you know the truth. There is no good, there is no bad, only weak or strong. And now that we've shed our weakness, it's time to show our strength. And if you do that, I promise you, you will be unstoppable."''
-->-- '''John Kreese''', ''Series/CobraKai


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->''"Morals are for men, not [[AGodAmI gods]]."''
-->-- '''Gary Mitchell''', ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' ("Where No Man Has Gone Before")

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-->-- Xu Ping An, ''Literature/TheRiseOfKyoshi''

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-->-- Xu -->--'''Xu Ping An, ''Literature/TheRiseOfKyoshi''
An''', ''Literature/TheRiseOfKyoshi''

->'''Clay''': It's...I don't think it's right.\\
'''Rip''': What's right? If you want something, you have the right to take it. If you want to do something, you have the right to do it.
-->--''Literature/LessThanZero''

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->''"Good and evil has nothing to do with God. I collect church collapses, did you see the recent one in Sicily? The façade fell on sixty-five grandmothers attending a special mass. Was that evil? Was that God? If he's up there, he just loves it. Typhoid and swans, it all comes from the same place."''
-->-- '''Dr. Lecter''', ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}''


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->''"Good and evil has nothing to do with God. I collect church collapses, did you see the recent one in Sicily? The façade fell on sixty-five grandmothers attending a special mass. Was that evil? Was that God? If he's up there, he just loves it. Typhoid and swans, it all comes from the same place."''
-->-- '''Dr. Lecter''', ''Series/{{Hannibal}}''

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