History Quotes / AbsoluteXenophobe

These are your enemies, child. Know them well and keep your [[ArcherArchetype bow and arrow]] ready."''

-->-- '''Luo Ji''', ''[[Literature/TheThreeBodyProblem The Dark Forest]]''

->'''Death:''' [[AC:Down in the deepest kingdoms of the sea, where there is no light, there lives a type of creature with no brain and no eyes and no mouth. It does nothing but live and put forth petals of perfect crimson where none are there to see. It is nothing but a tiny ''yes'' in the night. And yet... And yet... It has enemies who bear it a vicious, unbending malice, who wish not only for its tiny life to be over but also that it had never existed. Are you with me so far?]]\\
'''Susan:''' Well, yes, but--\\
'''Death:''' [[AC:Good. Now, ''imagine what they think of humanity.'']]
-->-- ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'', on the Auditors of Reality

->'''Dalek Supreme:''' You are an enemy of the Daleks.\\
'''Missy:''' Yes, well, anyone who's not a Dalek is an enemy of the Daleks, ''so that was an easy guess''.

->''"'''EXTERMINATE!'''"''
-->-- '''A Dalek. [[SharePhrase Any Dalek]]. [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Every Dalek]]''', ''Series/DoctorWho''

->''"This galaxy is unworthy of its Gods; overrun by arrogant, ignorant '''slaves'''. It is time to teach them '''all''' their place in the great scheme: They will learn to serve their betters... or '''die'''."''
-->-- '''Zuul Dominus''', ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars''

->''"[Coexistence] is a contradiction in terms. There is only one universe, it can contain only one life. Me!"''
-->-- '''[[HiveMind MorningLightMountain]]''', ''Literature/PandorasStar''

->'''Dr. ██████:''' Now, why did you kill those farmers?\\
'''SCP-682:''' ''[no verbal communication]''\\
'''Dr. ██████:''' If you don't talk now, we will remove you from this attempt and place you back into--\\
'''SCP-682:''' ''[incomprehensible]''\\
'''Dr. ██████:''' Pardon? ''[motions to move microphone closer]''\\
'''SCP-682:''' ''[incomprehensible]''\\
'''Dr. ██████:''' Speak up. ''[to Personnel D-085]'' Move the mic up closer.\\
'''SCP-682:''' ...they were ''[incomprehensible]''\\
'''Dr. ██████:''' ''[to Personnel D-085]'' That microphone has only so much gain, move it closer to it!\\
'''Personnel D-085:''' His throat's messed up, man, look at it! He ain't talking-- ''[gasps and screams]''\\
'''SCP-682:''' ''[appearing to assault D-085's body]'' ...they were... [[HumansThroughAlienEyes disgusting]].\\
'''Dr. ██████:''' ''[retreats from the room]''
-->-- ''Website/SCPFoundation''

->''"The void is an unutterably vast and inhuman place, a place of ancient dangers and unknown perils. In this cold darkness have bred things as obscene, terrible, and dangerous as any [[TheLegionsOfHell daemon of the warp]]... In the face of such dire knowledge, you must hold onto this single truth: it is mankind’s destiny to rule the stars and rule them alone."''
-->-- '''[[TabletopGame/{{Inquisitor}} Lord Inquisitor Knael]]''', ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: TabletopGame/DarkHeresy''


->''"We are not kind of anything. [[MasterRace Highbreed]] are the only kind."''
-->-- '''Reinrassic III''', ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'', "Alone Together"


->''"The Grox are machines with absolutely no sense of humor! They destroy entire races and never offer an explanation of what it is that ticks them off!"''
-->-- '''Blocks of Chance''', ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}''

->'''Ob'enn Adjutant:''' Talking to a lesser race beats being blown up by them.\\
'''Ob'enn Captain:''' Don't let the chaplain hear you say that.
-->-- ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''

->''"The universe is a [[TitleDrop dark forest]]. Every civilization is an armed hunter stalking through the trees like a ghost, gently pushing aside branches that block the path and trying to tread without sound. Even breathing is done with care. The hunter has to be careful, because everywhere in the forest are stealthy hunters like him. If he finds other life -- another hunter, an angel or a demon, a delicate infant or a tottering old man, a fairy or a demigod -- there's only one thing he can do: [[DoUntoOthersBeforeTheyDoUntoUs open fire and eliminate them]]. In this forest, [[Theatre/NoExit hell is other people]]. An eternal threat that any life that exposes its own existence will be swiftly wiped out. This is the picture of cosmic civilization. [[InvisibleAliens It's the explanation for the]] UsefulNotes/FermiParadox. But in this dark forest, there's a [[HumansAreMorons stupid child called humanity]], who has built a bonfire and is standing beside it shouting, '[[TooDumbToLive Here I am! Here I am]]!'"''
-->-- '''Luo Ji''', ''[[Literature/TheThreeBodyProblem The Dark Forest]]''

->''To call the Imperium of Man xenophobic is something of an understatement. The Imperium believes in the manifest destiny of the human race to rule the galaxy; the preachers of the Ministorum tell the unwashed masses to abhore and fear the vile alien, and Crusades to purge planets, star systems, or even entire sectors of xenos races are common-place. Whether this attitude is abhorrent or laudable is debatable -- there are many xenos races who are just as eager to destroy the Imperium as the Imperium is to destroy them. In any case, non-humans are manifestly unwelcome in the Imperium.''

->''"There is no need to be afraid. The destruction of your species is part of something greater, and the will to live, which compels you to resist, will persist through lifeforms who were meant to exist."''
-->-- '''Fanatic Purifier''' empires, ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}''

->''"They are not 'lifeforms' or 'xeno-sapients'. They are demons incarnate. They and the traitors who support them will face our judgement."''
-->-- '''Colonel Hanse Castillo''', ''VideoGame/TerraInvicta''

->'''Death:''' '''D[-OWN IN THE DEEPEST KINGDOMS OF THE SEA, WHERE THERE IS NO LIGHT, THERE LIVES A TYPE OF CREATURE WITH NO BRAIN AND NO EYES AND NO MOUTH-]. I[-T DOES NOTHING BUT LIVE AND PUT FORTH PETALS OF PERFECT CRIMSON WHERE NONE ARE THERE TO SEE-]. I[-T IS NOTHING BUT A TINY ''YES'' IN THE NIGHT-]. A[-ND YET-]... A[-ND YET-]... I[-T HAS ENEMIES WHO BEAR IT A VICIOUS, UNBENDING MALICE, WHO WISH NOT ONLY FOR ITS TINY LIFE TO BE OVER BUT ALSO THAT IT HAD NEVER EXISTED-]. A[-RE YOU WITH ME SO FAR-]?'''\\

'''Death:''' '''G[-OOD-]. N[-OW, ''IMAGINE WHAT THEY THINK OF HUMANITY-].'''''

You see, aliens can never be as good as humankind\\

We know you want to beat us, enslave us and defeat us\\
Oppress us and browbeat us, unless we get you first!''

-->-- ''Wiki/SCPFoundation''

->They flew out of the cloud.\\

On the way back they sang a number of tuneful and reflective songs on the subjects of peace, justice, morality, culture, sport, family life [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and the obliteration of all other life forms]].

->'''Death''': '''D[-OWN IN THE DEEPEST KINGDOMS OF THE SEA, WHERE THERE IS NO LIGHT, THERE LIVES A TYPE OF CREATURE WITH NO BRAIN AND NO EYES AND NO MOUTH-]. I[-T DOES NOTHING BUT LIVE AND PUT FORTH PETALS OF PERFECT CRIMSON WHERE NONE ARE THERE TO SEE-]. I[-T IS NOTHING BUT A TINY ''YES'' IN THE NIGHT-]. A[-ND YET-]... A[-ND YET-]... I[-T HAS ENEMIES WHO BEAR IT A VICIOUS, UNBENDING MALICE, WHO WISH NOT ONLY FOR ITS TINY LIFE TO BE OVER BUT ALSO THAT IT HAD NEVER EXISTED-]. A[-RE YOU WITH ME SO FAR-]?'''\\
'''Susan''': Well, yes, but--\\
'''Death''': '''G[-OOD-]. N[-OW, ''IMAGINE WHAT THEY THINK OF HUMANITY-].'''''

->'''Henry van Statten''': I thought you were the great expert, Doctor. If you're so impressive, then why not just reason with this Dalek? It must be willing to negotiate. There must be something it needs, everything needs ''something''.\\
'''Ninth Doctor''': What's the nearest town?\\
'''van Statten''': Salt Lake City.\\
'''Ninth Doctor''': Population?\\
'''van Statten''': One million.\\
'''Ninth Doctor''': All dead. If the Dalek gets out, it'll murder every living creature, that's all it needs.\\
'''van Statten''': But why would it do that?!\\
'''Ninth Doctor''': Because it honestly believes they should die. Human beings are different, and anything different is wrong. It's the ultimate in racial cleansing, and you, van Statten, you've let it loose!

->'''Dalek Supreme''': '''Y[-OU ARE AN ENEMY OF THE DALEKS-].'''\\
'''Missy''': Yes, well, anyone who's not a Dalek is an enemy of the Daleks, ''so that was an easy guess''.

-->-- '''[[AlwaysChaoticEvil A Dalek. Any Dalek. Every Dalek]]''', ''Series/DoctorWho''

->''"This galaxy is unworthy of its Gods; overrun by arrogant, ignorant '''slaves'''. It is time to teach them '''all''' their place in the great scheme: They will learn to serve their betters... Or '''die'''."''

->'''Dr. ██████''': Now, why did you kill those farmers?\\
'''SCP-682''': ''[no verbal communication]''\\
'''Dr. ██████''': If you don't talk now, we will remove you from this attempt and place you back into--\\
'''SCP-682''': ''[incomprehensible]''\\
'''Dr. ██████''': Pardon? ''[motions to move microphone closer]''\\
'''SCP-682''': ''[incomprehensible]''\\
'''Dr. ██████''': Speak up. ''[to Personnel D-085]'' Move the mic up closer.\\
'''SCP-682''': ...they were ''[incomprehensible]''\\
'''Dr. ██████''': ''[to Personnel D-085]'' That microphone has only so much gain, move it closer to it!\\
'''Personnel D-085''': His throat's messed up, man, look at it! He ain't talking-- ''[gasps and screams]''\\
'''SCP-682''': ''[appearing to assault D-085's body]'' ...they were... [[HumansThroughAlienEyes disgusting]].\\
'''Dr. ██████''': ''[retreats from the room]''

-->-- '''[[TabletopGame/{{Inquisitor}} Lord Inquisitor Knael]]''', ''{{TabletopGame/Warhammer 40000}}: TabletopGame/DarkHeresy''

->'''Ob'enn Adjutant''': Talking to a lesser race beats being blown up by them.\\
'''Ob'enn Captain''': Don't let the chaplain hear you say that.

Let's learn to love our neighbors, like the Christians learned in Rome!\\
\\

The gospel truth is found in scenes from ''Film/{{Alien}}'' and ''Series/{{V|1983}}''\\
\\

And soon we'll all be hating twice as many as before\\
\\

->To call the Imperium of Man xenophobic is something of an understatement. The Imperium believes in the manifest destiny of the human race to rule the galaxy; the preachers of the Ministorum tell the unwashed masses to abhore and fear the vile alien, and Crusades to purge planets, star systems, or even entire sectors of xenos races are common-place. Whether this attitude is abhorrent or laudable is debatable -- there are many xenos races who are just as eager to destroy the Imperium as the Imperium is to destroy them. In any case, non-humans are manifestly unwelcome in the Imperium.

->''They flew out of the cloud.\\

On the way back they sang a number of tuneful and reflective songs on the subjects of peace, justice, morality, culture, sport, family life [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and the obliteration of all other life forms]].''

->''To call the Imperium of Man xenophobic is something of an understatement. The Imperium believes in the manifest destiny of the human race to rule the galaxy; the preachers of the Ministorum tell the unwashed masses to abhore and fear the vile alien, and Crusades to purge planets, star systems, or even entire sectors of xenos races are common-place. Whether this attitude is abhorrent or laudable is debatable -- there are many xenos races who are just as eager to destroy the Imperium as the Imperium is to destroy them. In any case, non-humans are manifestly unwelcome in the Imperium.''

->''"They flew out of the cloud.\\

On the way back they sang a number of tuneful and reflective songs on the subjects of peace, justice, morality, culture, sport, family life [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and the obliteration of all other life forms]]."''

->'''Death''': '''DOWN IN THE DEEPEST KINGDOMS OF THE SEA, WHERE THERE IS NO LIGHT, THERE LIVES A TYPE OF CREATURE WITH NO BRAIN AND NO EYES AND NO MOUTH. IT DOES NOTHING BUT LIVE AND PUT FORTH PETALS OF PERFECT CRIMSON WHERE NONE ARE THERE TO SEE. IT IS NOTHING BUT A TINY ''YES'' IN THE NIGHT. AND YET... AND YET... IT HAS ENEMIES WHO BEAR IT A VICIOUS, UNBENDING MALICE, WHO WISH NOT ONLY FOR ITS TINY LIFE TO BE OVER BUT ALSO THAT IT HAD NEVER EXISTED. ARE YOU WITH ME SO FAR?'''\\

'''Death''': '''GOOD. NOW, ''IMAGINE WHAT THEY THINK OF HUMANITY.'''''

->'''Dalek Supreme''': '''YOU ARE AN ENEMY OF THE DALEKS.'''\\

->''"Evil? No, no, I will not accept that. They are conditioned simply to survive. They can survive only by becoming the dominant species. When all other life-forms are suppressed, when the Daleks are the supreme rulers of the universe - then, you will have peace."''
-->-- '''Davros''' on his creations, "[[Series/DoctorWho Genesis of the Daleks]]"

->'''Henry van Statten:''' I thought you were the great expert, Doctor. If you're so impressive, then why not just reason with this Dalek? It must be willing to negotiate. There must be something it needs, everything needs ''something''.\\
'''Ninth Doctor:''' What's the nearest town?\\
'''van Statten:''' Salt Lake City.\\
'''Ninth Doctor:''' Population?\\
'''van Statten:''' One million.\\
'''Ninth Doctor:''' All dead. If the Dalek gets out, it'll murder every living creature, that's all it needs.\\
'''van Statten:''' But why would it do that?!\\
'''Ninth Doctor:''' Because it honestly believes they should die. Human beings are different, and anything different is wrong. It's the ultimate in racial cleansing, and you, van Statten, you've let it loose!
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Dalek"

->'''Dalek Supreme:''' '''YOU ARE AN ENEMY OF THE DALEKS.'''\\
'''Missy:''' Yes, well, anyone who's not a Dalek is an enemy of the Daleks, ''so that was an easy guess''.
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Witch's Familiar"

->'''Dr. <Redacted>:''' Now, why did you kill those farmers?\\
'''[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-682 SCP-682]]:''' ...they were... [[HumansThroughAlienEyes disgusting...]]

->'''Ob'enn Adjutant:''' Talking to a lesser race beats being blown up by them.\\
'''Ob'enn Captain:''' Don't let the chaplain hear you say that.

The gospel truth is found in scenes from ''Film/{{Alien}}'' and ''Series/{{V}}''\\

Oppress us and browbeat us, unless we get you first!
-->-- ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Xenophobia]]'', '''Bill Sutton'''

->''"The universe is a [[TitleDrop dark forest]]. Every civilization is an armed hunter stalking through the trees like a ghost, gently pushing aside branches that block the path and trying to tread without sound. Even breathing is done with care. The hunter has to be careful, because everywhere in the forest are stealthy hunters like him. If he finds other life -- another hunter, an angel or a demon, a delicate infant or a tottering old man, a fairy or a demigod -- there's only one thing he can do: [[DoUntoOthersBeforeTheyDoUntoUs open fire and eliminate them]]. In this forest, hell is other people. An eternal threat that any life that exposes its own existence will be swiftly wiped out. This is the picture of cosmic civilization. It's the explanation for the UsefulNotes/FermiParadox. But in this dark forest, there's a [[HumansAreMorons stupid child called humanity]], who has built a bonfire and is standing beside it shouting, '[[TooDumbToLive Here I am! Here I am]]!'"''

->To call the Imperium of Man xenophobic is something of an understatement. The Imperium believes in the manifest destiny of the human race to rule the galaxy; the preachers of the Ministorum tell the unwashed masses to abhore and fear the vile alien, and Crusades to purge planets, star systems, or even entire sectors of xenos races are common-place. Whether this attitude is abhorrent or laudable is debatable— there are many xenos races who are just as eager to destroy the Imperium as the Imperium is to destroy them. In any case, non-humans are manifestly unwelcome in the Imperium.
-->--''TabletopGame/RogueTrader'' supplement ''Into the Storm'' (on playing xenos characters)

->'''Death''': [[AC:Down in the deepest kingdoms of the sea, where there is no light, there lives a type of creature with no brain and no eyes and no mouth. It does nothing but live and put forth petals of perfect crimson where none are there to see. It is nothing but a tiny]] ''[[AC:yes]]'' [[AC:in the night. And yet... And yet... It has enemies who bear it a vicious, unbending malice, who wish not only for its tiny life to be over but also that it had never existed. Are you with me so far?]]\\

'''Death''': [[AC:Good. Now,]] ''[[AC:imagine what they think of humanity.]]''

->'''Dalek Supreme:''' [[AC: You are an enemy of the Daleks.]]\\

->''"EXTERMINATE!"''

->''"The universe is a dark forest. Every civilization is an armed hunter stalking through the trees like a ghost, gently pushing aside branches that block the path and trying to tread without sound. Even breathing is done with care. The hunter has to be careful, because everywhere in the forest are stealthy hunters like him. If he finds other life—another hunter, an angel or a demon, a delicate infant or a tottering old man, a fairy or a demigod—there’s only one thing he can do: open fire and eliminate them. In this forest, hell is other people. An eternal threat that any life that exposes its own existence will be swiftly wiped out. This is the picture of cosmic civilization. It’s the explanation for the Fermi Paradox."''
-->-- ''[[Literature/TheThreeBodyProblem The Dark Forest]]''

-->-- ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'', on the Auditors of Reality

-->''"The universe is a dark forest. Every civilization is an armed hunter stalking through the trees like a ghost, gently pushing aside branches that block the path and trying to tread without sound. Even breathing is done with care. The hunter has to be careful, because everywhere in the forest are stealthy hunters like him. If he finds other life—another hunter, an angel or a demon, a delicate infant or a tottering old man, a fairy or a demigod—there’s only one thing he can do: open fire and eliminate them. In this forest, hell is other people. An eternal threat that any life that exposes its own existence will be swiftly wiped out. This is the picture of cosmic civilization. It’s the explanation for the Fermi Paradox."''

There's no more cutesy stories 'bout E.T. phoning home\\

The gospel truth is found in scenes from Alien and V\\

->'''Dalek Supreme:''' You are an enemy of the Daleks.\\

Oppress us and browbeat us, unless we get you first!\\

->''"[[AC:Down in the deepest kingdoms of the sea, where there is no light, there lives a type of creature with no brain and no eyes and no mouth. It does nothing but live and put forth petals of perfect crimson where none are there to see. It is nothing except a tiny "yes" in the night. And yet... and yet... it has enemies that bear on it a vicious, unbending malice, who wish not only for its tiny life to be over, but also [[RetGone that it never existed]]. [...] Now, ''imagine what they think of humanity.'']]"''
-->-- '''[[TheGrimReaper Death]]''' on the Auditors of Reality, ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}''

-->-- '''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''