Lawful Evil/Quotes

""Clever tyrants are never punished.""

- Voltaire, Meropa

""Even Devils have laws. Abiding the contract gives us power, but break it, and we're bound as slaves.""

- Advocat., Grim Grimoire

""One Vision. One Purpose. Peace Through Power.""

- mantra of the Brotherhood of Nod

""...the Republic is in danger. Yes, danger from within and without. We need law and order! Without law and order our nation cannot survive.""

- Adolf Hitler

""Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer""

- Famous slogan of the Nazi Party

""The weak will always be led by the strong. Where the strong see purpose and act, the weak follow; where the strong cry out against fate, the weak bow their heads and succumb. There are many who are weak; and many are their temptations. Despise the weak for they shall flock to the call of the Daemon and the Renegade. Pity them not and scorn their cries of innocence - it is better that one hundred innocently fall before the wrath of the Emperor than one kneels before the Daemon.""

- The First Book of Indoctrinations, Warhammer 40,000

""If your enemy defies you, serve him steel and fire. But if he bends the knee, you must help him back to his feet, else no man will ever kneel to you.""

- Tywin Lannister, A Song of Ice and Fire

""Niska has his own code - twisted, though it may be. Very excited about reputation.""

- Zoe, Firefly

""If the virtuous are placed in positions of evidence, transgressions will remain hidden; but if the wicked are employed, crimes will be punished. In the former case the people will be stronger than the law; in the latter, the law will be stronger than the people. If the people are stronger than the law, then there is lawlessness in the state, but if the law is stronger than the people, the army will be strong. Therefore it is said: 'Governing through good people leads to lawlessness and dismemberment; governing through wicked people leads to order and strength.'""

- The Book of Lord Shang

""Sure we have order...but at what price?""

- Milhouse Van Houten, The Simpsons

"The Demon Code prevents me From denying a Rock-Off Challenge!

What are your terms?

What's the Ca-ha-hatch?""

- The Devil, Beelzeboss, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

""The people are happy and content. As I have commanded they be...""

- Doctor Doom

""Imagine. I now possess the power to end hunger. To abolish disease. To eliminate crime. To establish a perfectly content, perfectly ordered world - all under the benevolence of MY IRON WILL!""

- Doctor Doom, Fantastic Four 90s cartoon

""I am not opposed to heroism. On the contrary. I honor it. But the greatest courage is acceptance of what must be. Resignation in the face of a destiny that cannot be fought or deflected or defied. This is the gospel that you must preach, now. A gospel of subservience and order. Teach the people of this world---and later, those of other worlds---that Thanos is a kind shepherd to those who obey him. While for his enemies, life will become a burden they can neither endure---nor escape.""

- Ultimate Thanos

"The Law of Jante 1. You shall not believe that you are anything. 2. You shall not believe that you are as worthy as us. 3. You shall not believe that you are wiser than us. 4. You shall not delude yourself that you are better than us. 5. You shall not believe that you know more than us. 6. You shall not believe that you are more than us. 7. You shall not believe that you are good for anything. 8. You shall not laugh at us. 9. You shall not believe that anyone cares about you. 10. You shall not believe that you can teach us anything. Unwritten. Perhaps you think we know nothing of you?"

- Aksel Sandemose, A fugitive crosses his tracks

""To instill fear is to instill order. Our order.""

- Green Lantern Arch Enemy Sinestro

""Say what you like about warlords and dictators; they always pay their bills on time.""

- Yuri Orlov, Lord of War

""You can't make an omelet without ruthlessly crushing dozens of eggs beneath your steel boot and then publicly disemboweling the chickens that laid them as a warning to others.""

- General Tarquin, The Order of the Stick

""Read the fine print.""

- Asmodeus, Dungeons & Dragons

""If you must break the law, do it to seize power. In all other cases, observe it.""

- Gaius Julius Caesar

""I will have order!""

- Dolores Umbridge, Harry Potter

""It is not a question of what the Law is, but rather what it is not. The Law is neither noble, nor an end in itself. It is not for the weak-minded or squeamish. The Law is simply a means for those who control it, namely me, to acquire that which I want.""

- Sheriff Gorman Truart, Thief 2: The Metal Age

""You should have disposed of your fantasy and accepted me as master.""

- The Emperor to Firion, Dissidia Final Fantasy

""ALL HAIL BRITANNIA!""

- Slogan of The Britannian Empire, Code Geass

""Got to stick to your principles.""

- Harry, In Bruges

""I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.""

- Anakin Skywalker

""But captain, to obey - just like that - for obedience's sake... without questioning... That's something only people like you do.""

- Doctor Ferreiro to Captain Vidal, Pan's Labyrinth

""I will bring peace to the world. Everlasting peace. And unity, and uniformity.""

- Cyber-Controller, Doctor Who

""I like Huffman. But I'll kill him in a second if I get the order.""

- Majestic agent's thoughts, Destroy All Humans!

""We're going to handle this shit like businessmen.""

- Stringer Bell, The Wire

""The High Courts will look favorably on my conduct, and deem it the proper course of action.""

- Klowal after kidnapping the princess - with propriety, Crest of the Stars

""The might of the Ministry stands behind me.""

- Dolores Umbridge, Harry Potter

""Citizens should not fear their government. This will be enforced.""

- A Softer World

"It's my duty. My duty as a complete and utter bastard!"

- Rimmer, Red Dwarf

"If we can control it, why shouldn't it be ours?"

- The Illusive Man, Mass Effect 3

"We can bide our time, we can keep our thoughts in our hearts, deploring maybe evils done by the way, but approving the high and ultimate purpose: Knowledge, Rule, Order; all things that we have so far striven in vain to accomplish, hindered rather than helped by our weak or idle friends. There need not be any real change in our designs, only in our means."

- Saruman, The Lord of the Rings

""We offered the world order!""

- Khan Noonien Singh, Star Trek: The Original Series