Shoot the Big Ones!
— Common Advice when fighting Tyranids, Warhammer 40,000
Adm. Fitzwallace: Can you tell when its peacetime and wartime anymore?
Leo: No.
Adm. Fitzwallace: I don't know who the world's leading expert on warfare is, but any list of the top has got to include me and I can't tell when it's peacetime and wartime anymore.
Leo: Look, international law has always recognized certain protected persons who you couldn't attack. It's been this way since the Romans.
Adm. Fitzwallace: In peacetime.
Leo: Yes.
Adm. Fitzwallace: The battle of Agincourt, this was the French fighting against the British archers, this was like a polo match. The battles were observed by heralds and they picked the winners. And if a soldier laid down his arm he was treated humanely.
Leo: Yeah.
Adm. Fitzwallace: And the international laws that you're talking about, this is where a lot of them were written. At a time in a place where a person could tell between peacetime and wartime. The idea of targeting one person was ridiculous. It wouldn't have occurred to the French to try to kill William Pitt. That all changed after Pearl Harbor.
Leo: I don't like where this conversation's going...
Adm. Fitzwallace: Leo...
Leo: In the Situation Room, Fitz?
Adm. Fitzwallace: We killed Yamamoto! We shot down his plane!
Leo: We declared war.
Adm. Fitzwallace: If Dietrich Bonhoeffer had been successful—
Leo: And the plot to kill Hitler was an internal rebellion!
Adm. Fitzwallace: —there would've been statues built of an assassin! We'd have to explain that to our kids.
Leo: ...I'm going to get back to the office.
Leo: No.
Adm. Fitzwallace: I don't know who the world's leading expert on warfare is, but any list of the top has got to include me and I can't tell when it's peacetime and wartime anymore.
Leo: Look, international law has always recognized certain protected persons who you couldn't attack. It's been this way since the Romans.
Adm. Fitzwallace: In peacetime.
Leo: Yes.
Adm. Fitzwallace: The battle of Agincourt, this was the French fighting against the British archers, this was like a polo match. The battles were observed by heralds and they picked the winners. And if a soldier laid down his arm he was treated humanely.
Leo: Yeah.
Adm. Fitzwallace: And the international laws that you're talking about, this is where a lot of them were written. At a time in a place where a person could tell between peacetime and wartime. The idea of targeting one person was ridiculous. It wouldn't have occurred to the French to try to kill William Pitt. That all changed after Pearl Harbor.
Leo: I don't like where this conversation's going...
Adm. Fitzwallace: Leo...
Leo: In the Situation Room, Fitz?
Adm. Fitzwallace: We killed Yamamoto! We shot down his plane!
Leo: We declared war.
Adm. Fitzwallace: If Dietrich Bonhoeffer had been successful—
Leo: And the plot to kill Hitler was an internal rebellion!
Adm. Fitzwallace: —there would've been statues built of an assassin! We'd have to explain that to our kids.
Leo: ...I'm going to get back to the office.
—from The West Wing, season 3 ep. 21, "We Killed Yamamoto"
Boris: What's the plan... Hunter?
Kyril: The plan is to kill and move forward. I will strike directly at the chieftain. Once he is dead, strike hard and fast. Do not let any greenskins escape, we cannot afford to be bogged down when the alarms sound.
Kyril: The plan is to kill and move forward. I will strike directly at the chieftain. Once he is dead, strike hard and fast. Do not let any greenskins escape, we cannot afford to be bogged down when the alarms sound.
"And the words that Cortés said to those who were with them: that any sword thrust or slash we gave should be directed right to the most distinctive lords, all those who brought large gold headdresses and rich weapons and flags."
"Cut the head and the body dies too. This is as true of snakes as it is of men, and groups of men. Kill the head and the rest follow, scattered like frightened rats."
—Geth, Splint
