History Quotes / TheUnfettered

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', [[/Recap/TheVentureBrosS3E10TheLepidopterists The Lepidopterists]]

->'''Superman:''' I'm going to say this once. Surrender now, face judgment for your crimes or...\\

->'''Brock Samson:'' These guys like their system. It's what they do. You take that away, and you are looking at a bunch of pissed off nutbags with ray guns and giant... I don't know, a giant octopus-slash-tank with laser eyes!
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-->--''"Jung Chang"'' and ''"Jon Halliday"'' on '''Mao Zedong''', "Mao: The Unknown Story"

-->-- '''Website/{{Cracked}}''', "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-trumps-rise-that-no-one-talks-about/ How Half Of America Lost Its F**king Mind]]

->'''Griffith''': I came here to know for certain whether anything will shake my heart. While I stand before you [[spoiler:in this new body of flesh]]... it seems... I am free.
->'''Guts''': You mean...after what you did... after all those you betrayed... you don't... '''YOU DON'T FEEL ANYTHING?!'''
->'''Griffith''': I'll not betray my dream. That is all.

->'''Nite Owl''': No. I just don't buy it. Any of it. You wouldn't kill [[spoiler:half New York]]. You couldn't...\\
'''[[spoiler:Ozymandias]]''': I could. I did. If you like, I'll tell you how.

->''To win you need to ''adapt'', and to adapt, you need to be able to ''laugh'' away all the restraints. ''Everything'' holding you back. You see... A Batman who ''laughs''... is a Batman who ''always'' wins.'' [[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]

'''Emerald Sustrai''': Cinder... don't. This guy looks like he's crazy.\\
'''Cinder Fall''': We're going to have to get in touch with the [[WesternTerrorists White Fang]]. They'll help to keep Ozpin's attention away from things. With the extra help of a terrorist organization--\\
'''Emerald Sustrai''': Cinder! Listen to yourself. Things are getting out of control way too fast. How far are you gonna go?\\
'''Cinder Fall''': [[SuddenlyShouting As far as it takes]]! I told you I was willing to do anything to get power.

->'''Kakarot''': You killed [[Franchise/{{Batman}} a good man]] because you wanted to get to [[TokenHeroicOrc me]]. How many more would you kill!? How many of my friends would die until you ''stopped!?''\\
'''Rogol Zaar''': As many as it would take to see you [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Saiyans]] ''dead''.

->'''Franchise/{{Superman}}''': I'm going to say this once. Surrender now, face judgment for your crimes or...\\
'''Manchester Black''': Stop. There is no "or" in this conversation. Because you don't have the stones to do to us what we'd do to you in a heartbeat.

->'''Ash''': Bring back life form. Priority One. All other priorities rescinded.\\
'''Parker''': The damn company. What about our lives, you son of a bitch?\\
'''Ash''': I repeat, all other priorities are rescinded.

->'''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]''': We can not fight an enemy we can not locate! Malekith could be right over us now, and we'd never know! How many Asgardian lives must we sacrifice?\\
'''Odin''': AS MANY AS IS NEEDED! Till the last Asgardian falls, till the last drop of blood is shed!

-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Ultron}}''', ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

->'''Dr. Christopher Meddows''': I want that organism alive.\\
'''White Suit''': What about the civilians?\\
'''Meddows''': They're expendable.

->'''Annina''': Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault?\\
'''Rick''': Oh, he's just like any other man, only more so.

-->-- '''ComicBook/RasAlGhul''' to '''Bruce Wayne''', ''Film/BatmanBegins''

->'''Franchise/{{Batman}}''': Where is Dent?\\
'''ComicBook/TheJoker''': You have all these rules and you think they'll save you.\\

'''Lt. James Gordon''': He's in control.\\
'''Batman''': [[TheFettered I have]] [[ThouShaltNotKill one rule]].\\
'''The Joker''': Oh, then that's the rule you'll have to break to know the truth.\\
'''Batman''': Which is?\\
'''The Joker''': The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.

->'''Gianni Franco''': There's a limit to revenge, you know.\\
'''Frank Castle''': I guess I just haven't reached mine yet.

-->--'''Armand''', ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire''

->'''The Board of Governors''': This seems a steep price for so small a service: to crush a [[HandicappedBadass powerless cripple]].\\
'''[=Tan'elKoth=]''': Doubly fools. [[BadassNormal He does have power]]. ''One'' power: the power to devote himself absolutely to a single goal, to be ruthless with himself and all else in its pursuit. It is the only power he needs -- because, unlike the great mass of men, he is aware of this power, and he is willing, even happy, to use it.

->'''Tyrant''': Advice. Prophecies. All of royal blood can ask one question of it, in our lifetimes.\\
'''Anaxares''': And it told you you would rule?\\
'''Tyrant''': It told me that I would die when I turned thirteen. It was a great gift. We spend so much of our lives, Anaxares, shackling ourselves. Avoiding doing this and that because others would frown upon it. Because it is wrong and wicked and unworthy. Once I knew there was only death ahead of me, I started doing what ''I'' wanted. I ceased censuring what I was to please others.

->'''Littlefinger''': So many men, they risk so little, they spend their lives avoiding danger and they die. I'd risk everything to get what I want.\\
'''Sansa''': And what do you want?\\
'''Littlefinger''': Everything.

->'''Jim Moriarty''': Sherlock, your big brother and all the king's horses couldn't make me do a thing I didn't want to.\\
'''Sherlock Holmes''': Yes, but I'm not my brother, remember? I am you. Prepared to do anything. Prepared to burn. Prepared to do what ordinary people won't do. You want me to shake hands with you in hell, I shall not disappoint you.
-->--''Series/{{Sherlock}}''

-->-- '''[[ComicBook/TheRiddler Edward Nygma]]''', ''Series/{{Gotham}}''

->'''[[BalkanBastard Zoran Lazarević]]''': Are you a student of history, Mr. Drake?\\
'''Nathan Drake''': (''holding a {{Mook}} hostage'') [[GeniusBruiser I've read a book or two]].\\
'''Zoran Lazarević''': UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan. [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]]. [[UsefulNotes/JosefStalin Stalin]]. [[UsefulNotes/{{Cambodia}} Pol Pot]]. They were all ''great men''. But do you know ''why'' they prevailed?\\
'''Nathan Drake''': I'm sure you're gonna tell us.\\
'''Zoran Lazarević''': Because they had the ''will'' to do what other men would not. (''[[ShootTheHostage shoots the hostage]] [[PrettyLittleHeadshots in the head]]'') Compassion is the enemy. Mercy defeats us. Now, unless you wish to test me still further, '''''you will drop your weapons!'''''

-->-- '''Senator Armstrong''', ''Videogame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''

-->-- '''Eleanor Lamb,''' in the evil ending of ''VideoGame/BioShock2''

-->--'''Fandaniel''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''

->'''Master Payne''': For all we know, those are some new form of revenant, and the only thing to do is ''kill them''. Could you burn down people -- women and children -- even if you knew they had become monsters?\\
'''Agatha''': I ... No ... I don't know.\\
'''Master Payne''': The Baron ''can''. The Baron ''has''. I respect him for that, but I don't want to be him.

->'''Liquid Snake''': Uh, Mantis? You okay, buddy?\\
'''Psycho Mantis''': [[TermsOfEndangerment Better than ever, my friend]]. ''[[RedEyesTakeWarning I've been set free]].''
-->-- ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'', right after Mantis learns how he got played by his bosses, and right before his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

->''"No endeavor to make life "better" in some way can be entirely free of this sort of person. They're all very useful -- inspiring, even! -- until [[MoralEventHorizon they go too far]]. Not that Too Far is ever clearly defined; after all, how far would you go to defend what you truly believe in, and what keeps you from going further?"''

->'''Scott''': I will do ''anything'' for money.\\

'''Scott''': ''[is shown covered in blood]'' The statement still stands!

->''"It was lowly, to turn to this, but I’d never pretended to be honorable, above any of that. When shit was on the line, I’d go as far as I had to."''

->'''Faultline''': All of the war crimes, kidnapping people, human experimentation, creating monsters, creating ''psychopathic monsters'', letting millions die... and you think it's for nothing?\\
'''[[WellIntentionedExtremist Doctor Mother]]''': It's very likely.\\
'''[[DefectorFromDecadence Weld]]''': Then ''why?''\\
'''Doctor Mother''': Because we decided in the very beginning that we don't want to be left wondering if [[IShouldHaveBeenBetter we could have done more]], in the moments before [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt humanity ceases to exist]]. Why did we make you into [[WasOnceAMan what you are]], Weld? Because it was an option, a step forward. Why did we keep it secret? [[IDidWhatIHadToDo It improved our chances]]. Why did we not tell you about [[spoiler:Scion]]? Because it improved our chances.\\
'''[[HeWhoFightsMonsters Weaver]]''': You made sacrifices, you made sacrifices on the behalf of others, and you made the hard calls, but it was all for something greater. I bet you think you won't have any regrets at the end.\\
'''Doctor Mother''': It's been some time since I lost sleep because of a heavy conscience.

->''"After everyone’s dead, the Joker reveals himself to the mob boss, who just doesn’t understand the concept of criminal anarchy. He goes on about honor and respect, tenets of ''omerta'' that just don’t apply to the Joker. Apparently the Joker is a big Music/PearlJam fan, because he has no code."''

->''"But Trump is objectively a piece of shit!" you say. "He insults people, he objectifies women, and cheats whenever possible! And he's not an everyman; he's a smarmy, arrogant billionaire!" Wait, are you talking about UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, or [[Film/IronMan this guy]]?\\

->'''Hiro''': Aunt Cass. I have to warn her-- ''[is grabbed by [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Baymax]]]'' Ugh! \\
'''Obake''': You will be quite safe here, with me, two {{visionar|yVillain}}ies, just ''hangin'.'' \\
'''Hiro''': It's not about me! Y-you're gonna hurt millions of people! \\
'''Obake''': Together, we're going to create a star. Congratulations, Hiro, that's some final project. \\
'''Hiro''': NO! [[TheFettered Just because you can, doesn't mean you should]]! \\
'''Obake''': ''Ugh''. That's [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Granville]] talking. \\
'''Hiro''': Because... Granville was right. She was right all along. \\
'''Obake''': Nonsense! Do you know why {{Icarus|Allusion}} plunged to his doom? \\
'''Hiro''': Because he [[PrideBeforeAFall flew too high]]. \\
'''Obake''': Because he needed ''[[AlternateAesopInterpretation better wings]]''.

->''"A man with nothing that he loves is a man that cannot be bargained. A man that cannot be betrayed. A man who answers to no one but himself. And that is the man that I see before me. A ''free'' man."''
-->-- '''[[ComicBook/TheRiddler Edward Nygma]]''', ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', giving a twisted RousingSpeech to [[ComicBook/ThePenguin Oswald Cobblepot]] about how the loss of their [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes loved ones]] is a good thing.

-->-- ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}''

-->-- '''Cardinal Moldeen Ogus Gyunei''', ''Anime/DancesWithTheDragons''

->''"I can do anything I want, whenever I want if I feel it's in the people's best interest."''

->''"You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? [[UltimateLifeForm Perfect organism]]. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. [[AdmiringTheAbomination I admire its purity]]. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality."''

->'''[[BalkanBastard Zoran Lazarevic]]''': Are you a student of history, Mr. Drake?\\
'''Nathan Drake''': I've [[GeniusBruiser read a book or two]].\\
'''Zoran Lazarevic''': UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan. [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]]. UsefulNotes/{{Josef Stalin}}. [[UsefulNotes/{{Cambodia}} Pol Pot]]. They were all ''great men''. But do you know ''why'' they prevailed?\\

'''Zoran Lazarevic''': Because they had the will to do what other men would not. ''[[[ShootTheHostage shoots the hostage]] [[PrettyLittleHeadshots in the head]]]'' ''Compassion is the enemy.'' '''Mercy defeats us!''' Now, unless you wish to test me still further, you will '''''drop your weapons!'''''

->"'''Stubborn, determined, dogged. These are the inherent qualities of greatness. The sheer force of ''will'' needed to make a decision, and stick with it through everything the world throws at you. No matter the pain you are dealt, or the suffering you endure, or the ''agony'' you survive by the skin of your teeth, you hang on to your decision, with all you have, and you follow it to the ends of the earth. Past the very ''mountains of madness''. Of course I respect World. After all, I've been sticking with my own decision all my life. Through hell or high water, I have had only one driving force in all my life, and I intend to see it through. No matter what I have to do, where I have to destroy, or ''who I have to kill''. I am the man who will be King of the Pirates. And you're going to do ''everything'' you can to make that happen.'''"\\

->"'''Stubborn, determined, dogged. These are the inherent qualities of greatness. The sheer force of ''will'' needed to make a decision, and stick with it through everything the world throws at you. No matter the pain you are dealt, or the suffering you endure, or the ''agony'' you survive by the skin of your teeth, you hang on to your decision, with all you have, and you follow it to the ends of the earth. Past the very ''mountains of madness''. Of course I respect World. After all, I've been sticking with my own decision all my life. Through hell or high water, I have had only one driving force in all my life, and I intend to see it through. No matter what I have to do, where I have to destroy, or ''who I have to kill''.'''"

-->--'''Fandaniel''', ''VideoGame/FinapFantasyXIV''

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