Quotes / We Help the Helpless

"We shoot fellas who need shootin, save fellas as need savin, and feed ‘em as need feedin."

—Dutch Van der Linde’s philosophy, Red Dead Redemption 2

"Nick Fury gave me this badge. When he did, I swore an oath, we all did. To serve when everything else fails, to be humanity's last line of defense, to be the shield."

— Agent Phil Coulson, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Skye: He could hurt people!
Jiaying: Those people aren't my concern.
Skye: Well, they're mine. I'm a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.

— Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire...The A-Team.

—The A-Team opening.

Vimes: One question, right? And no funny answers, if you don't mind. Tell me why you helped Brick. Why should you care about a slushed-out gutter troll?
Mr. Shine: Why should you care about some dead dwarfs?
Vimes: Because someone has to!
Mr. Shine: Precisely.

— Thud!

"I will protect those who cannot protect themselves."

— Second Ideal of the Windrunners, The Stormlight Archive

We, UQ Holder, as a faction of humans who are not bound by the ways of humans, have always been protecting those who have been ejected, trampled on and forgotten by the world of humans.

— Karin, UQ Holder!

Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer.

— newspaper advertisement from The Equalizer

I am doing the same thing Toa do. I am saving one who cannot save himself.

— Rahaga Kualus, BIONICLE

Ruby: As a girl, I wanted to be just like those heroes in the books... Someone who fought for what was right, and protected people who couldn't protect themselves!
Blake: That's... very ambitious for a child. Unfortunately, the real world isn't the same as a fairy tale.
Ruby: Well, that's why we're here! To make it better.

— RWBY

"Someone needs your help, Michael."

— Madeline Westen, the Title Sequence of every episode of Burn Notice

We fight not for what is...we fight for what could be.

— Mouse Guard anthology

It's natural to help someone in who's in trouble!

— Touch Me, Overlord (2012)

The Golux: What would you do without me? Say 'nothing.'

The Prince: Nothing.

The Golux: Good. Then you're helpless and I'll help you.

—The Thirteen Clocks