History Quotes / HumansAreBastards

->Every age, it seems, is tainted by the greed of men. Rubbish to one such as I, devoid of all worldly wants. ''[EvilLaugh, followed by wistful sigh]'' Hmmm, I dunno, maybe it's just the way we are.
-->-- '''Unbreakable Patches''', ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII''

->''"Snipin's a good job, mate! It's challengin' 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 gonna want '''someone''' dead."''
-->-- '''Sniper''', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''

->''Strip away the restrictions of law and common decency, and it becomes clear that the engine that drives humanity is their own selfish ambition. To achieve one's own goals necessitates trampling those of others underfoot. Yet mankind is all too anxious to label those who would do so as evil. What tragic irony.''
-->-- '''Seth''', ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''

->''"In the annals of history, the Great Mistake will forever be seen as a terrible and glorious war which [[EarthThatWas damaged our homeworld beyond repair]]. In this, history is wrong. The mistake was not the war — [[WideEyedIdealist it was our belief that we could start over]]. That when faced with mutual destruction, there could be peace between nations. [[WhatTheHellPlayer It is only now, many years later, and halfway across the universe that we see the truth:]] There is only one path to peace [[TearJerker and it must be walked alone]]."''
-->-- '''Domination Victory text''', ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth''

->''"Sooner or later, humans will kill off all Aen Seidhe, all dwarves and all gnomes. Then they'll start murdering each other. Your kind knows no other way, it's in your genes. You'll keep killing each other until only one remains: the strongest among you. A thousand years from now, a dim-witted human barbarian will climb to the top of a pile of bones, sit down and proclaim: 'I win!'"''
-->-- '''Iorveth''', ''VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings''

->'''Reuben:''' I couldn't sell arms.\\
'''The Jackal:''' Bullshit, Reuben. You have all the skills to be an arms dealer. Better one than me, even. You're smart, you're creative, you're a salesman - heh, you sold me on doing these dumb interviews. Man, the rest is just paperwork.\\
'''Reuben:''' I mean I'll be unable, psychologically, to sell arms.\\
'''The Jackal:''' I'm talking facts and you're talking theory. You're not a "good person", Reuben, you've just been lucky enough - you've never had to be otherwise. When it comes down to it, what a man ''can'' do is what a man ''will'' do. But believe what you want.
-->--''VideoGame/FarCry2''

->''"[[AllOfTheOtherReindeer The people that fall are the ones who get labeled as villains.]] [[EveryoneIsASuper Even if you take pride in your "Quirks" and individualism]], in the end, this is a controlled society. [[IndividualityIsIllegal If you can't fit in, you'll be excluded.]] There are no exceptions. Doesn't matter if it's democracy or a dictatorship, the origins are all the same. This was an issue before the first traces of society even emerged. [[InherentInTheSystem It's just human nature.]]''"

-->--'''Pain''', ''Manga/Naruto''

-->-- '''Ironhide''', ''Film/{{Transformers}}''

->''Monster? You think ''I'm'' a monster? I come from a world [[DisproportionateRetribution where rapists and murderers spend less time in prison than people who smoke grass or fib on their tax returns!]] [[WouldHurtAChild Where tyrants fill mass graves with little children]] and stuff people into woodchippers [[ForTheEvulz for laughs]]! Where so-called scientists torture animals to death to invent a new shade of ''Mascara!'' Where women throw their newborn babies into dumpsters, or ''rip them out of their womb in bloody chunks'' because they don't want to take the responsibility of raising their own offspring and maybe missing the fricking ''PROM!'' Where kids ''[[KidsAreCruel murder]]'' each other [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer for the right to sell poison to other kids in their own neighborhood!]] Where [[CorruptPolitician leaders]] ''[[CorruptPolitician lie, perjure, plunder and oath-break,]]'' and get voted back in office because they promised their followers free health care and cell phones! Where maniacs strap bombs to their own ''children'' and use their wives as ''[[HumanShield human shields!]]'' Where they [[FelonyMisdemeanor stone women to death for speaking to a man]] and [[TakingYouWithMe fly planes into buildings full of innocent people for Allah!]] [[FinalSolution Where maniacs slaughter]] ''[[FinalSolution millions]]'' [[FinalSolution for being the wrong race or color]] and make lampshades out of their SKIN! I'm a monster? There's a thousand monsters, from least to greatest, where I come from. '''[[NormalFishInATinyPond AND I'M NOT EVEN ON THE LIST!]]'''''

->"When it ''talks'', it is a race of whales; but a king knows it for a race of tadpoles. Its history gives it away. If men were really ''men'', how could a Czar be possible? and how could I be possible? But we ''are'' possible; we are quite safe; and with God's help we shall continue the business at the old stand. It will be found that the race will put up with us, in its docile immemorial way. It may pull a wry face now and then, and make large talk, but it will stay on its knees all the same."
-->-- '''Leopold II of Belgium''', ''[[Creator/MarkTwain King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule]]''

-->-- '''The Toymaker''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Giggle"

-->-- '''Alan''', ''Series/{{QI}}''