The Governor

"Innovation must serve survival. Nothing else matters."

"Justice is determined by those with the power to enforce it."

"Kindness is a luxury that gets people dead."

"Happiness died with the old world. Accept it."

"Health is another word for the ability to fight."

"Adventure is another word for unnecessary death."

"I don't need imagination. Reality is challenge enough."

"Technology and weapons. Those are the tools of survival."

"History is written by survivors. I intend to survive."

"Philosophy is the luxury of those with full bellies."

"Literature is dead. So is everything else beautiful."

"Every soldier under my command understands the stakes."

"I inspire through example and through consequence."

"The only real politics is the politics of power."

"Work is survival. Stop pretending otherwise."

"Dreams are the poison of the weak."

"Solitude is a choice I make when strategy demands it."