“It's not that you should never love something so much that it can control you.It's that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled.It's not a weakness.It's your best strength.”

“The Mayor's wrong -He's wrong forever and ever -It's not that you should never love something so much it can control you.It's that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled.”

“Never love something so much it can be used to control you.”

“Never trust a politician, Todd. They have no fixed center, so you can never believe them.”

“And too much informayshun can drive a man mad. Too much informayshun becomes just Noise. And it never, never stops.”

“War makes monsters of men, you once said to me Todd. Well, so does too much knowledge. Too much knowledge of your fellow man, too much knowledge of his weakness, his pathetic greed and vanity, and how laughably easy it is to control him.”

“And it’s a sad song, Todd, but it’s also a promise. I’ll never deceive you and I’ll never leave you and I promise you this so you can one day promise it to others and know that it’s true.”