History Quotes / ThouShaltNotKill

-->-- '''Franchise/{{Superman}}''', ''WhatEverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow''

->'''Batman:''' ''"'''No!''' God Almighty, no! It'd be too damned '''easy.''' All I've ever wanted to do is kill [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker him]]. A day doesn't go by I don't think about subjecting him to every horrendous torture he's dealt out to others, and then '''end''' him... But if I do that, if I allow myself to go down into that place... I'll never come back."''

->''"But the real evidence to my 'cops and robbers' theory is the reaction you see when someone crosses the line. You've heard about it happening. Someone finds out another cape's secret identity, goes after the cape's family. Or a cape wins a fight and decides his downed opponent isn't in a state to say no if he's feeling lusty? Word gets around, and the cape community goes after the fucker. Protecting the status quo, keeping the game afloat. [[EnemyMine Bitter enemies call a truce, everyone bands together, favors get called in and everyone does their damndest to put the asshole down.]]"''
-->--'''[[TheEvilGenius Tattletale]], ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/agitation-3-6/ Agitation 3.6]]

->'''Jason Todd:''' What? What, your moral code won't allow for that? It's too hard to cross that line?!

->''"'''No!''' God Almighty, no! It'd be too damned '''easy.''' All I've ever wanted to do is kill [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker him]]. A day doesn't go by I don't think about subjecting him to every horrendous torture he's dealt out to others, and then '''end''' him... But if I do that, if I allow myself to go down into that place... I'll never come back."''

->''"[[PlatonicLifePartners Chloe]] [[ApocalypseMaiden Sullivan]] does not die this day... If [[ComicBooko/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}} your]] code was really based on me, your number one rule should be, 'Don't kill.'"''

לֹ֥֖א תִּֿרְצָֽ֖ח׃

--> -- ''[[Literature/TheBible Exodus 20:1,13]]'' (in the Westminster Codex) (the english version is on the main page)

-->'''{{Batman}}''', ''UnderTheRedHood''

->''"Hey, "Thou Shalt Not Kill", remember? What kind of church man are you?"''
-->-- '''Vash the Stampede''', ''{{Trigun}}''

-->-- '''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''', ''[[StarWars Yoda]]''

-->-- '''{{Superman}}''', ''WhatEverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow''

->'''Kick-ass''': "No way. I'm not going to kill anybody. I'm supposed to be a fucking superhero."\\
'''Hit Girl''': "Oh, kiss my ass. What is this? The SilverAge?"
-->-- ''{{Kick-ass}}''

-->--'''{{Batman}}''', ''TheDarkKnightReturns''

->'''Bruce Wayne/Batman:''' "I'm no executioner."\\
'''Henri Ducard/[[spoiler:Ra's Al Ghul]]:''' "Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share."\\
'''Bruce:''' "That's why it's so important. It separates us from them."

->'''Superman:''' "There are at least six different ways I can stop you right now."
->'''Lex Luthor:''' "But they all involve deadly force, don't they? And you don't do that. [Superman is silent] No. You need me. You wouldn't be much of a hero without a villain, and you do love being a hero, don't you? The cheering children, the swooning women - you love it so much, it's made you my most reliable accomplice!"
->'''Superman:''' "Accomplice?! What're you--"
->'''Lex Luthor:''' "You could have crushed me any time you wanted. And it wasn't the law or the will of the people that stopped you - it was your ego. Being a hero was too important to you. You're as much responsible for this as I am! So go ahead, fix it somehow. Put me on trial, lock me up - but I'll beat it. And then we'll start the whole thing all over again."
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', A Better World

->''Whatever they did to you, [[TragicMonster Bette]], you '''don't''' kill people.''
-->--'''[[TheHeart Chloe Sullivan]]''', ''{{Smallville}}'', "Plastique"

->''[[PlatonicLifePartners Chloe]] [[ApocalypseMaiden Sullivan]] does not die this day... If [[LegionOfSuperheroes your]] code was really based on me, your number one rule should be, "Don't kill."''
-->--'''[[TheHero Clark Kent]]''', ''{{Smallville}}'', "Legion"

->''"'''No!''' God Almighty, no! It'd be too damned '''easy.''' All I've ever wanted to do is kill him. A day doesn't go by I don't think about subjecting him to every horrendous torture he's dealt out to others, and then '''end''' him... But if I do that, if I allow myself to go down into that place... I'll never come back."''

-->--'''[[TheHeart Chloe Sullivan]], ''{{Smallville}}'', "Plastique"

-->--'''[[TheHero Clark Kent]], ''{{Smallville}}'', "Legion"

-->-- ''Justice League'', A Better World

--> -- ''[[Literature/TheBible Exodus 20:1,13]]'' (in the Westminster Codex)

-->-- ''BatmanBegins''

--> -- ''[[TheBible Exodus 20:1,13]]'' (in the Westminster Codex)

-->-- '''WeirdAlYankovic''', ''[[StarWars Yoda]]''

-->-- '''Code 14 of the Warrior Code''', ''WarriorCats''

->'''Superman:''' "There are at least six different ways I can stop you right now."\\
'''Lex Luthor:''' "But they all involve deadly force, don't they? And you don't do that. [Superman is silent] No. You need me. You wouldn't be much of a hero without a villain, and you do love being a hero, don't you? The cheering children, the swooning women - you love it so much, it's made you my most reliable accomplice!"\\
'''Superman:''' "Accomplice?! What're you--"\\
'''Lex Luthor:''' "You could have crushed me any time you wanted. And it wasn't the law or the will of the people that stopped you - it was your ego. Being a hero was too important to you. You're as much responsible for this as I am! So go ahead, fix it somehow. Put me on trial, lock me up - but I'll beat it. And then we'll start the whole thing all over again."\\

->'''Superman: There are at least six different ways I can stop you right now.
Lex Luthor: But they all involve deadly force, don't they? And you don't do that. [Superman is silent] No. You need me. You wouldn't be much of a hero without a villain, and you do love being a hero, don't you? The cheering children, the swooning women - you love it so much, it's made you my most reliable accomplice!
Superman: Accomplice?! What're you--
Lex Luthor: You could have crushed me any time you wanted. And it wasn't the law or the will of the people that stopped you - it was your ego. Being a hero was too important to you. You're as much responsible for this as I am! So go ahead, fix it somehow. Put me on trial, lock me up - but I'll beat it. And then we'll start the whole thing all over again.'''

->'''Bruce Wayne/Batman:'''I'm no executioner.\\
'''Henri Ducard/[[spoiler:Ra's Al Ghul]]:''' Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share.\\
'''Bruce:''' That's why it's so important. It separates us from them.

'''Henri Ducard/[[spoiler:Ra's Al Ghul]]:''' Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share.

''"לֹ֥֖א תִּֿרְצָֽ֖ח׃

לֹ֥֖א תִּֿרְצָֽ֖ח׃

->Hey, "Thou Shalt Not Kill", remember? What kind of church man are you?
--> -- '''Vash the Stampede''', ''{{Trigun}}''

->I know Darth Vader's really got you annoyed, but remember if you kill him then [[JokerImmunity you'll be unemployed.]]
--> -- '''WeirdAlYankovic''', ''[[StarWars Yoda]]''

->I broke my oath. I killed him. Nobody has the right to kill. Not Mxyxptlk... not you... not Superman. '''Especially''' not Superman.
--> -- '''{{Superman}}''', ''WhatEverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow''

->'''Kick-ass''': "No way. I'm not going to kill anybody. I'm supposed to be a fucking superhero."
->'''Hit Girl''': "Oh, kiss my ass. What is this? The SilverAge?"
--> -- ''{{Kick-ass}}''

->''Rubber bullets. Honest.''

->"''I broke my oath. I killed him. Nobody has the right to kill. Not Mxyzptlk... not you... not Superman. '''Especially''' not Superman.''"
-->-- '''Comicbook/{{Superman}}''', ''WhatEverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow''