Deus Ex

"You take another step forward and here I am again, like your own reflection repeated in a hall of mirrors."

"The more of us you kill, the more secessionism lives on in the hearts of the people."

"Area 51. You heard of it, right?"

"You can't run, Denton. Even if you escape, your killswitch is counting down. You'll be dead in twenty-three hours. Another fifty billion dollars down the drain."

"The conspiracy is about to begin again, JC, between you and me. Nicolette was wise to bring us together, wise like her mother. The most effective partnerships like Beth's and mine arise from mutual necessity."

"You can't fight ideas with bullets."

"My unit killed a bunch of Afghans one time, but we weren't proud of it. In fact, our liaison at the UN went to the funeral."

"[if the player attacks him once] Someone should knock you upside the head a few times, punk. Dismissed."

"One thing the Air Force never understood: I'm dependable. No matter what, I'm dependable."

"One must admire a man who can keep a secret, because he has value. What you know more than others makes money, and gives you a measure of power."

"I'm the more advanced model, Denton. It's time for you to retire."

"You can't take me, JC. I've seen your specs."

"Know what? Only that the long night is over. The crown of government is tarnished, but that will fade in time. The riots, a fever dream; the plague, a horrible nightmare; and like everything else that's happened such things will only be dimly remembered upon waking to their normal lives. In the end, all sins are forgiven. Even yours."

"We are the Invisible Hand. We are the Illuminati. We come before and after. We are forever. And eventually... eventually we will lead them into the day."

"I guess it's not surprising to find a few crooks in a place protected by security procedures. The shadow of secrecy; it protects indiscriminately."

"Direct intervention is always part of the game. In my day, we were just more civilized about it."

"Let's get one thing straight: we've got our share of crooked bureaucrats -- fact -- but this is still UNATCO, and by and large the people in this building are twenty-four carat gold."

"There's a time and a place for security, but the legislature has to stay vigilant, or there will be abuses."

"Listen to your brother, JC. Respect his experience. Let's leave it at that."

"What am I? A bum? You think I'm gonna drink anything you find lying around?"

"Oh my God, JC! A bomb!"

"Once the bug bites, you've already lost the patient."

"You will confess, by the way. I don't like to dirty my hands with that sort of thing, but you will confess."

"What an expensive mistake you turned out to be. I've ordered the troops to kill you, because quite frankly I don't have the patience to wait for one of those damn killswitches to work."

"Remember that NSF prisoner I was interrogating back on Liberty Island? Guess you were bitten by the same bug. There's only one cure, you know, once you've caught the disease..."

"All in all, you weren't a bad experiment. You will be the last prototype we have to discard."

"I once knelt in this chapel for communion, with two Rockefellers and a Rothschild. Since the time of the Crusades every leader in finance has prayed for the continued stability of Templar banks, founded on gold."

"You see the need for global organization. Someone has to bring these disparate groups together."

"You and me, JC. We'll rule the world in secret, with an invisible hand, the way the Illuminati have always ruled."

"There's such a thing as a compassionate conspiracy. We don't need Page's commandos, troopers, crude inventions..."

"Try to remember: people have rights. Don't just shoot everything that moves."

"A pistol is more than adequate. Hell, I dispatched a whole platoon one time with a pocket knife."

"[if JC kills the man who killed his parents] Barely a scratch. You're a little faster on your feet than your daddy was."

"I will be the one to merge! The one to see and know everything, to rule, to rule everything..."

"What's the rush? Take a look around. This facility is where you were born. I've arranged an appropriate fate for you through the hallway to the north. A poetic death, just a few yards away from where you were created."

"I'm always pleased to see one of my experiments perform so well. You aren't even afraid, are you? We got a lot of things right when we made you Denton, but don't worry -- I know your weaknesses."

"A cure? A cure!? Do you have any idea how easy it will be for me to make a new virus? All I have to do is find a very large prime number and multiply."

"All right. I get the picture. You want a piece of the pie, or you're going to toss the whole pie out the window. Fair enough. You can have anything you want. How about Europe? Your own continent. Just let me complete my preparations..."

"What do you want? Money? You can have VersaLife, the whole damn company. Power? I'll get you on Mead's cabinet! I'm serious, just forget about that last reactor!"

"A moment more, and I will be like nothing you've ever seen; a new life-form, everywhere and nowhere, like air or radiation, redundant, self-replicating, always evolving..."

"Look at you: You're nothing but a little man... a little man still living inside a body. Lose your body and what are you? Nothing! You vanish! You die..."

"Soon I will leave this body and death will have no meaning."

"No! You fool!... Helios will destroy you. I'm the only one who can merge and take control. Wait for ME! I promise you will have a place in the new order..."

"Go ahead! Blow this place sky-high... You might get rid of ME, but you'll take down Aquinas, the power grid, the whole electronic infrastructure - is that what you want?! Are you completely nuts?!"

"No! Don't listen to Everett. He and the Illuminati have been afraid from the beginning, afraid of US, afraid of nano-augmentation. Consider your powers, your strength, your intelligence. You've only had a small taste. Let me finish the project! Let me bring infinite power to the human body! You will not be left behind..."

"I'll make you a deal. Leave now and you will be made comfortable under the new world order."

"Some say concentrated power leads to abuse, but I believe that if an institution has a solid foundation it can survive the narrow aspirations of the people it employs."

"Being a soldier isn't just following orders, it's following those orders in the service of a higher cause. When that cause is betrayed, we're not soldiers anymore, just pieces on a chess board dying for the wrong reason."

"In my day, international peacekeepers were citizens first and soldiers second. You can forget about that extra ammo. I'm only going to give you the multitools; I think you should concentrate more on mission objectives and less on the enemy body count."

"Ever wonder why big car corporations pay two percent tax and the guys on the assembly line pay forty?"