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"Liberty's enemies march ever closer."

"Lady Liberty's calls for aid haunt my dreams."

"Every moment we ruminate, another family is torn limb from limb. We must strike."

"Your fellow Helldivers rage against the enemy's tyranny. Join them."

"Our enemies forsook mercy long ago. Oblivion is all that awaits them now."

"A true servant of Freedom keeps no companion, save Damsel Democracy herself."

"The enemy may anticipate but one outcome: total annihilation."

"Managed Democracy offers true Freedom: Freedom from the burden of choice."

"[after Helldiver lands on planet's surface] Let them come. Let them brawl. Let them face the insurmountable might of the Helldivers."

"[after Helldiver lands on planet's surface] Go now—and fear the shadow of neither death nor tyranny, for Justice is your cause."

"[after Helldiver lands on planet's surface] The fate of all humanity's children are in your hands. Do not let them fall."

"[after Helldiver lands on planet's surface] You are the best of the best. Live up to your name. Live up to Freedom."

"Keeping things running around here isn't easy, but if that's how I can best serve Liberty, I'll do it gladly."

"I'd ask if you were going to take a break, but I already know the answer. You and your fellow Helldivers inspire me every day."

"Mission accomplished, Helldiver. One small step for Democracy, one giant leap in the death count of our enemies."

"The existence of high-casualty missions implies the existence of low-casualty missions. And we can take some solace in that."

"The Bots are simple enough. Little more than bits of metal welding to a gun and a CPU, with a single overriding directive: kill."

"The final absolution of xenocide is a mellifluous clarion guiding our path."

"The Helldivers receive their orders from the Ministry of Defence, and I mine from the Ministry of Truth. That way, the hands of Liberty are intertwined."

"There is but one assured path to peace... and that path is war."

"Managed Democracy is a watchful shepherd, guiding the will of the people so they do not stray from safety."

"The Terminids spent decades content on the E-710 farms. Now their most destructive instincts run rampant, to the detriment of all."

"Though we are the most powerful fighting force the universe has ever seen, we are naught but humble servants before Managed Democracy."

"We fight them, but we cannot forget that the Terminids are the ichor of Democracy itself."

"The torch of Freedom is passed hand to hand, from one thawed hero to the next. They may bear it for one hour or one minute, but there is always another to keep it from going out."

"In the First Galactic War, we cast the Illuminate from our galaxy, and secured the half-human Cyborgs safely in the mines of Cyberstan. Our enemies in this war will do no better."

"Your sample collection is of great value to the Ministry of Defence. Everything serves Liberty, in the end. Even our enemies."

"Tyranny is a cancer, and Managed Democracy is the cure. And you, Helldiver, shall administer the antidote."

"There's nothing sweeter than victory in the name of Freedom."

"Our enemies can fight as hard as they like, but Freedom always wins."

"That was one for the record books. Where all missions are logged for analysis."

"Keep up the good work, Helldiver. Once we win, the planets we're fighting over will finally be allowed to prosper. Like the rest of the Federation."

"No Helldivers KIA on that mission. This is cause for celebration."

"Mission complete without a single friendly fire incident. That will save paperwork."

"Every Helldiver lost is an unspeakable tragedy, but this mission had fewer unspeakable tragedies than average."

"This mission required fewer heroes to make the ultimate sacrifice than normal."

"Watching Helldivers in action is great for crew morale. It's even better than a... dissident execution."

"Stay vigilant, Helldiver. Complacency plays right into the hands of dissidents."

"The more we fight, the more it becomes clear that our enemies will never accept our way of life. It's us or them."

"The enemies on the battlefield are one thing, but at least they're out in the open. It's the traitors among us I truly hate."

"There's no day-night cycle onboard these ships. I like to imagine it's always morning, with a whole day of defending Freedom ahead of me."

"The Democracy Officer is here to optimise our Citizenship. We're lucky—we should always strive to be the best Citizens we can be."

"This ship will never visit most of our planets. Why? Because they aren't under attack. And with you here, they'll stay that way."

"When I get exhausted, I just think of all the brave Super Earth colonists out there settling new planets. They do their part, and we do ours."

"Innocents perish with every wasted second. We must act."

"We must give no less than the entirety of our being in service to Freedom."

"[after successful extraction] Today you've carved another foothold in the long climb to Liberty."

"You know, the problem with the Bugs is that they're relentless expansionists. In their region of space, we've found them on nearly every planet we've settled."

"I was just thinking: warping across the Federation like this would be impossible without Element 710. Which comes from the bugs themselves. Their corpses are fuelling the creation of more corpses... [pause] something satisfying about that."

"The lives of Humanity's present are a crumb; the lives of Humanity's future, a boundless loaf."