“Humans have too many rights and not enough responsibilities.-Aras”

“There's rights, and there's right.”

“Is it better to not get to know them?' 'No. It's not. It's sharking your responsibility, and it's disrespectful. Get to know them, and then you fully understand the price you're asking them to pay.”

“We have complete choice as individuals: the only decisions we can take are our own. And yet so many species use the state of being an individual as an excuse for inaction, helplessness and irresponsibility.No situation is so overwhelming that action is pointless. Targassat of Surang.”

“And nobody has the right to judge a soldier from the warmth and safety of their armchair.”

“The ambition of most beings is just to stay alive, overeat, spend too much, and avoid hard work. I’m happy that I can achieve much more than that…and we all die sooner or later. A death in service of a great ideal is a fine thing.”

“Scorch: "I think Sev might have an anger problem." Sev: "I think you have an intelligence problem.”