Quotes / Zero-Approval Gambit

Nixon: Sobel's a genius.... I had a headmaster just like him in prep school, I know the type.
Winters: Nix, Beethoven was a genius. Michaelangelo was a genius.
Nixon: You know one man in this company who wouldn't double-time Currahee with a full pack just to piss in that guy's morning coffee?

— Band of Brothers

Lex Luthor: You're going to kill me so that Superman can't?
Question: I'm a well-known crackpot. The Justice League's reputation will survive my actions, and Superman's legacy will remain intact.

— Justice League Unlimited

"What is your goal here? To get everybody to hate you? 'Cause it's working."

— Star-Lord to Rocket Raccoon, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

"There is no evil apart from me. There is no imperfection apart from me. I am the only one who should be hated. I am the only one who should be abhorred. Like thus, it saved the world, and let them obtain peace."

— Angra Mainyu, Fate/Zero

"Let them curse my name
On these blood-stained pages of misery
Let them call me a tyrant so cruel
Let them curse my name but remember the truth."

— Blind Guardian, "Curse My Name"

"Would you do anything in your power to save Keroth from destruction? Anything, no matter how drastic, if you knew that it would save Keroth in the long run?... Would you consent to live forever as a filthy curse on the lips of every Kerothi old enough to speak? Would you consent to be a vile, inhuman monster whose undead spirit would hang over your homeland like an evil miasma for centuries to come, whose very name would touch a flame of hatred in the minds of all who heard it?"

— The Highest Treason

"You were willing to sacrifice your life for your friend. Why shouldn't you be equally willing to sacrifice your honor?"

— Col. Southall, The Time Tunnel, "The Last Patrol"

Hector: [gleefully] No! Garovel! Everyone’s scared of me!
Garovel: Er. Wait... Oh!
Hector: Abolish wants to destroy Harold and blame it on–uh–some other country, right? But what if the Darksteel Soldier makes a public threat to destroy Harold beforehand?!
Garovel: That might work! If Abolish destroys the town anyway, then it gets blamed on you and not a foreign country, thereby averting their trigger for war! And if they don’t destroy the town, then obviously, that’s even better!
Hector: And if they destroy a different town, then it’ll probably still get blamed on me!

— The Zombie Knight

Ironwood: I needed to ensure Salem couldn't infiltrate Atlas, and I wanted my military here, protecting my people.
Yang: But it's not protecting them! It's making everyone hate you!
Ironwood: ... It's a price I'm willing to pay.

— RWBY, "A New Approach"

KeA: Ngh... Their emotions are all concentrating on the tower.

Tio: Yes. Their anger, their sadness, their fear, and the seething hatred born from them.

Claire: If the divine lightning automatically targets the subject of people's hatred...

Lechter: ...Oh. So that's his play.

Estelle: N-No...

Ash: Damn it!

Millium: Rufus...

Jusis: Again and again... Must you always try to do everything yourself!?

— The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie

"The taint of disgrace will follow her to her grave. Future generations will revile her. In America, as a despicable traitor with no sense of honor. And in Russia, as a monster who unleashed a nuclear catastrophe. She will go down in official history as a war criminal. And no one will ever understand her. That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through to the end. But I think she wanted you of all people to know the truth. She wanted to live on in your memory. Not as a soldier, but as a woman. But she was forbidden to tell you herself. And that's why she told me. Snake, history will never know what she did. No one will ever learn the truth. Her story... her debriefing... will endure only in your heart. Everything she did, she did for her country. She sacrificed her life and her honor for her native land. She was a real hero. She was a true patriot."

— Eva talking about The Boss, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

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