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** The central tenet of the Creed is even more impressive when you consider that it's essentially the answer to an existential crisis, an individual's realization that there exists no rational force governing nature: If there is no universal truth, nothing limits what you can do. And all of this centuries before philosophers would assemble the actual school of thought.
{{quote| '''Altair:''' I understand now that our Creed does not command us to be free. It commands us to be ''wise''.}}
** Ezio delivers his own explanation at the end of ''[[
{{quote| '''Ezio:''' To say that nothing is true, is to recognize that the foundations of society are fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. To say that everything is permitted, is to understand that we are the architects of our actions, and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious or tragic.}}
* While most of the cast in ''[[
*** "Have a plan to kill everyone you meet," became the official slogan for US Marine India Company's Forward Operations Center, out of Fallujah, Iraq.
* [[Fatal Fury|Kim]] [[The Cape|Kaphwan]] [[Justice Will Prevail|would like to remind you]] that [[Detect Evil|evil]] [[Hot-Blooded|is]] '''''[[This Is Unforgivable!|UNFORGIVABLE.]]'''''
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*** They get an even more badass one in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IklqPx3unjs We Are ODST] trailer. The song lyrics, translated from Welsh:
{{quote| "We cheat Death from his rightful victory. No one can defeat us, we are glad to plunge feet first into hell in the knowledge that we will rise."}}
* ''[[Marathon
{{quote| ''[[Magnificent Bastard|I've]] twice been conquered-<br />
Three times more,<br />
[[AI Is a Crapshoot|Never again shall humanity purge me]],<br />
And never the Pfhor.'' }}
* [[
{{quote| "Jump on your swords while you can, villainy, for I won't be as gentle!."}}
* "[[Metal Wolf Chaos|Nothing is pointless!]] And the reason is... '''''[[Rule of Cool|because]] [[Authority Equals Asskicking|I'm the President of]] [[Eagle Land|the United States of America]]!'''''"
* [[World of Warcraft]] and the rest of the [[
** [[Black Knight|The Knights of the Ebon Blade]] seem to have a couple; "Suffer well" among others.
*** "Harness your hate. Make it useful."
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** The Alliance's [[Badass Army|7th legion]] has one:
{{quote| '''High Commander [[Awesome McCoolname|Halford Wyrmbane]]''': Through the valleys and peaks of Mount Hyjal, across the shifting sands of Silithus, against the Legion's dread armies - we have fought. We are the nameless, faceless, sons and daughters of the Alliance. By the Light and by the might of the Alliance, the first strike belongs to us and the last strike is all that our enemies see. ''We are 7th Legion''. }}
* From ''[[Beyond Good
* Reversal from ''Hitman 2'', and possibly Real Life: "I don't know anything, I didn't see anything, I wasn't there, and if I was there I was asleep." A reversal because, rather than pointing out that people should be afraid of the speaker, it's pointing out that ''he'' should be afraid of other people.
* The Brotherhood of Nod in [[Command and Conquer]] has plenty, being a [[Church Militant|Army loyal to]] [[Dark Messiah|Kane]], the most prominent being:
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'''Army''': ''Kane lives in-''<br />
'''Kane''': '''KANE... LIVES!''' }}
* [[Prototype (
{{quote| [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}KpMV2uVhdO8 "WHEN WE HUNT WE KILL. NO ONE IS SAFE. NOTHING IS SACRED. WE ARE BLACKWATCH. WE ARE THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE. WE WILL BURN OUR OWN TO HOLD THE REDLINE. IT IS THE LAST LINE TO EVER HOLD."]}}
* [[Blaz Blue|I am the white void. I am the cold steel. I am the just sword. With blade in hand shall I reap the sins of this world and cleanse it in the fires of destruction. I am Hakumen. The end has come!]]
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*** Ragna the Bloodedge
{{quote| ''I'll show you there is no hell. Only Darkness!''}}
* The [[Bonus Boss]] of ''[[
{{quote| I am matter.<br />
I am antimatter.<br />
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we'll be together<br />
in love and hate. }}
* Here's one in ''[[
{{quote| ''Majiwara zarishi inochi ni, ima mo tarasaren setsuna no kiseki/Instant miracles are not brought to mix with life now''<br />
''Toki wo hete...Koko ni yuugou seshi mirai he no taidou!/Time passes... Unite here and rise to the future!''<br />
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* The only line not chosen by the player, from the Demifiend/Hitoshura from [[Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne]] in [[Digital Devil Saga]].
{{quote| Dying message: "Death's vastness holds no peace. I come at the end of the long road. Neither human, nor devil... all bends to my will."}}
* [[
* [[Planescape: Torment]] has Dak'kon with this:
{{quote| * Know* that when death comes for you,<br />
* know* that I shall meet its blade with mine.<br />
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* [[Tekken|Devil Jin]] starts every fight with "Kyoufu o oshiete yarou." ("I will teach you how to fear.")
* Sanger Zonvolt would like to remind you that HE IS THE SWORD THAT SMITES EVIL!
* [[Fallout: New Vegas|NCR 1st Recon: The last thing you never see.]]
** "It was pretty accurate, and so were we."
** And boy do they live up to it. Sending a single squad of these guys was considered a major military asset.
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** The Amarr loyalists have their age-old [[Battle Cry]] "Amarr Victor!"
*** When the Empyrean War broke out, some Minmatar loyalists adopted the rejoinder "Matar Victor!"
* ''[[Battlefield
* What about [[
{{quote| "A man chooses. A slave obeys... I choose the impossible"}}
* ''[[Deus Machina Demonbane]]'': "From the hate-scorched sky / With righteous anger in our hearts / We draw forth the sword that smites Evil / Thou art the innocent blade--Demonbane!"
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