Zemo

"The past haunts only those who refuse to understand it."

"I chose this path long ago. Now I walk it to the end."

"The world has always been on the brink of collapse. The desire to preserve order is futile."

"Power resides where men believe it resides. It is a trick, a shadow on the wall."

"Sokovian citizens deserved better than what your world gave them."

"I understand that you feel a need to protect the innocent. But innocence is a luxury."

"The strong shape the world. The weak merely inhabit it."

"I have seen what happens when empires fall. Chaos is not democracy."

"You cannot build peace on a foundation of corpses."

"Loyalty is a currency more valuable than gold or promises."

"Nations are illusions drawn in sand. They wash away with the tide."

"The pursuit of power corrupts even the most noble intentions."

"What is a life without purpose? A ghost among the living."

"History repeats itself because humanity learns nothing."

"I have danced with death more times than I can count."

"The fear in your eyes tells me you understand what I already know."

"Every scar tells the story of a lesson learned in blood."

"Time is the only honest judge. Everything else is rhetoric."

"Freedom is the lie we tell ourselves before we surrender."

"I once believed in ideals. I no longer waste my breath on such things."

"The greatest weapon is not steel, but the will to use it."

"Can you imagine a world where people simply... coexist? Neither can I."

"Work without vision is merely servitude disguised as purpose."

"Dreams are the comfort of the powerless."

"I find humor in the irony of your position. You seek to change the unchangeable."

"Beauty fades, empires crumble, but consequences remain eternal."

"Science promised us a better world. It delivered only better weapons."

"The most exquisite music is the silence after violence."

"Faith is the refuge of those who cannot accept reality."

"A true leader does not seek followers—he creates them through necessity."