Just Following Orders/Quotes

Charles Xavier: There are thousands of men on those ships! Good, honest, innocent men! They're just following orders!
Erik Lensherr: (frowns and turns) I've been at the mercy of men 'just following orders'. Never again.

—X Men First Class

Elvis: The Virgin Mary herself could com waltzin' up in here with her fine ass, titties hangin' out and everything, and if she tells me your name is Jesus Christ, I STILL gotta take you to see the Boss. You know why?
Slevin: No
Elvis: Orders.

—Lucky Number Slevin

Haven Hive customs official: ...Go chill-fill, I'm just doing my job.
Schlock: [mock panic] You did NOT just say that.
Schlock: When a firefighter pulls a baby out of a burning house and says I'm just doing my job, the guy gets a medal.
Schlock: [grabs the official] But when a tin-pot burro-crat says I'm just doing my job, he gets filled with metal. Little pieces, moving very fast.

—Schlock Mercenary, January 20, 2011.