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"Democracy? [mocking] Democracy? Democracy's not what these people need, hell, it's not even what they want. America has been running around the globe, trying to install democracies in nation after nation for a century and it hasn't worked one time. Now why do you think that is? Because these countries don't have the most basic building blocks necessary to support a democracy. Little things like, "we ought to be tolerant of those who disagree with us." or "We ought to be tolerant of those who worship a different god than us!" or, that a journalist ought to be able to disagree with the fucking president! And you think you can walk into this country, based on fundamentalist, religious principles, drop a couple of bombs, topple a dictator and start a democracy!? [scoffs] Give me a break... People don't want freedom. They want rules, boundaries, protections. From invaders and from themselves. People need a leader who can both provide the constraints and the support to keep chaos at bay, and you give them that... and they'll follow. And that's where I come in."

"Mitchell! What are you doing!? What are you doing?! Mitchell! I gave you that arm. Mitchell! I gave you a second chance. [Mitchell cuts off his arm, Irons screams] Mitchell!"

"[Jonathan Irons addresses the UN General Assembly] I am honored to be the first CEO of a private corporation to become a member of the United Nations Security Council. Unfortunately, my appearance today has been clouded by a flurry of speculation that my company is developing a weapon of mass destruction which would be capable of targeting specific ethnic groups. [tries to calm delegates at the revelation] I want to address these allegations head on. Are we developing such a weapon? No, we are not [Assembly members applaud]... because we've already developed it. [Assembly members aghast] But with all due respect, the United Nations is a relic from a different time when nations were unique in their ability to solve the world's problems, but that just isn't the case anymore, primarily because you have you have outsourced the job to me. I have sent people to die in your wars. So I feel uniquely qualified to tell you, your wars don't work! [delegates get angry] Which is why my priorities have changed; from profits to policy, because politicians don't know how to solve problems, but I do. So let's be clear. I am here to solve the world's problems and I believe the world's problems begin [points fingers at a restive audience] with you."

"(after the credits message) This is Adam Fenix... Is anyone out there...? Can you hear me...? This is Adam Fenix... Can you hear me...? What have you done...?!"

"(beginning narration) It began, as always, with the desire for power. The need to conquer, the hunger to consume. Inevitably, this led to conflict. Humanity fought at endless battle against itself... Until it was forced to unite against a power far greater than it had even known. But even united, humanity left only destruction in its wake. Despite their best efforts to survival, the humans of Sera continute to march blindly to their imminent doom... unaware that their misguided attempts at retaliation were only leading them ever closer to extinction. (Flashbacks from Gears of War 1). They had thought us crippled by their weapons of mass destruction. But to survive is to endure and prosper. And we have most certainly survived. Jasinto now stands as the last bastion of humanity, a final, desperate defense in the face of impossible odds. In a way, i pitty them... but humanity, as always, brought this war upon itself. (The end of the cutscene with the Crimson Omen)."

"(Prescott gives a speech to rally the COG army before a massive attack on the Locust) Humans are no strangers to war. After all, we've been fighting for as long as we can remember. War is all we know. In the past, we fought for imulsion. We fought for country. We fought for freedom. But all that changed after E-Day. For fifteen years, we've been fighting for our very survival against inhuman, genocidal monsters. But it is a fight we cannot continue. Humanity faces extinction, unless we end this war now. We had hoped the Lightmass bombing would decimate the Locust Horde. But they survived. And have returned, stronger than ever. They've brought with them a force that can sink entire cities. Even Jacinto, our last beacon of hope through all these dark days, is now at risk. Soon we'll have nothing left to defend. And that means we have only one option: attack. Gears, what I ask of you now is not an easy thing, but it is necessary. If we are to survive. If we are to live long enough to see the seasons pass, our children grow and experience a time of peace that we have never known, then we must now take this fight to the Locust! We will go to where they live and where they breed and we will destroy them! This is the day we take the battle to the heart of the enemy. This is the day that we correct the course of human history! This is the day that we ensure our survival as a species! Soldiers of the COG, my fellow Gears, go forth and bring back the hope of humanity!"

"(ending narration) Your world can end in the blink of an eye. One event, one unexpected twist of fate and suddenly the world as you know it... is gone forever. All that you held dear, all that you held close is washed away into the sea of distant memory. Life... is cruel. Of this I have no doubt. But life continues on... with or without you. One can only hope that one leaves behind a lasting legacy. But so often the legacies that we leave behind... are not the ones that we intended."

"They do not understand. They do not know why we wage this war. Why we cannot stop. Will not stop. Why we will fight and fight and fight. Until we win, or we die... and we are not dead yet."

"Earlier today your Gears successfully deployed the Lightmass Bomb. We have destroyed the enemy stronghold. This war has exacted a heavy price from all of us. It has torn our world apart. But, you have my word that we will rise again! (There's a lot of cheering in the background)"