Code Geass Quote

[Cornelia is discussing with Schneizel about the destruction of the Britannian capital city Pendragon.]
Scneizel: Yes? What about it?
Cornelia: You mean the people of Pendragon were...
Scneizel: I made them vanish. It was better for them than a life-swearing loyalty to Lelouch, wouldn't you say?
Cornelia: They're our own people! And you told Nunnaly...
Scneizel: Lies are expedient. There's no need to tell Nunnaly things that would get in the way of her opposition to Lelouch is there? She'll never know the difference.
Cornelia: You use everyone...even your own sister?
Scneizel: Cornelia, what is it that people truly want? Starvation and poverty? Discrimination and corruption? War and terrorism? They want the problems that are flooding the world to go away forever. People can't understand each other under these situations at all.
Cornelia: You're theories don't justify butchering civilians!
Scneizel: Even civilians who have rejected war depend on the police, don't they? Everyone knows, don't they, that people are driven by their own desires. The lust that dwells within the soul of man cannot be denied. [Scneizel pushes three buttons on a panel to have a world map appear on the monitor.] So why when hearts and minds taught some shining ideology, why not bring peace to the world with system and power? In ten days, Damocles will enter the airspace of the United States of China and then switch over to a secondary acceleration. After that, we're scheduled to ascend three-hundred kilometers above the surface. From there, we will hit every enemy nation with F.L.E.I.J.A.s.
Cornelia: Are you insane?! We only agreed to use them against Lelouch! This will destroy the world! You're trying to control people through fear!
Scneizel: Mankind's history is war. Peace is an illusion. To turn illusion into reali

TV Show: Code Geass

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