Avengers: The Initiative #26

Constrictor – Look.  I’m far from the only American to lose limbs serving their country.  Like them, I’m proud of what I’ve done.

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The Hood – Taskmaster’s right.  You’re a natural.  Comparing us to the troops.  That bit about you holding your kids… you should get an Oscar.

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Ultragirl – So the end justifies the means?

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The Hood – When you see some guy who ran a company into the ground walk away with forty million, is he wearing a skull mask and underwear outside his pants?  No.  He’s wearing a suit, and nine times out of ten, even though he’s into shady crap up to his eyeballs, he gets away scot-free.  The guys in power rip off the public a hell of a lot worse than we ever did.  But now —  finally — we are the guys in power.

Dark Wolverine #76

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. -Niccolo Machiavelli