Londo Mollari quotes from Babylon 5

Londo Mollari

It's a mockery! It doesn't even have any, uh...attributes.

Sheridan

Attributes?

Londo

Do I have to spell it out for you?

Ohh!

Ivanova

I see. So you feel like you're being symbolically cast--in a bad light.

Sheridan

Well put.

Michael Garibaldi

Absolutely. Sure, when things get tense out here, we have to be careful. Our search of the Centauri vessels we captured proved that they were bringing in weapons of mass destruction, offloading them outside the station, and sending them on to the front lines. Now that we know that, we can make sure it doesn't happen any more. We learn. It's what humans do.

Londo Mollari

Misunderstandings aside, yes! I definitely think it's worth it. We must simply work harder to make sure we communicate with one another to prevent this sort of tragic situation from ever happening again! A violent attack by Narn forces is an unacceptable response to a peaceful protest by my government. And with the intervention of Earth, perhaps we can keep them from making a similar mistake in the future.

G'Kar

I don't know any more. I used to think so, but now...

Susan Ivanova

Yes.

Delenn

Of course it is. For the simple reason that no one else would ever build a place like this. Humans share one unique quality: They build communities. If the Narns or Centauri or any other race built a station like this, it would be used only by their own people. But everywhere humans go, they create communities out of diverse and sometimes hostile populations. It is a great gift, and a terrible responsibility--one that cannot be abandoned.

Well...I guess we'll just have to see...won't we?

Franklin

All right, Med 2--go, go! Look, if we weren't here right now, half the people in this room would be dead! Now that should be a good enough answer for anyone.

Sure! What, are you kidding? I have a retirement pension to make, you know?

John Sheridan

Yes. But not for any of the reasons that you've probably been told. The job of Babylon 5 is not to enforce the peace. It's to create the peace. And this place was built on the assumption that we could work out our problems and build a better future. And that, to me, is the key issue. See, in the last few years, we've stumbled. We stumbled at the death of the President, the war, and on and on. And when you stumble a lot, you...you start looking at your feet. Well, we have to make people...lift their eyes back to the horizon, and see the line of ancestors behind us, saying, "Make my life have meaning." And to our inheritors before us, saying, "Create the world we will live in." I mean, w-we're not just...holding jobs and having dinner. We are in the process of building the future. That's what Babylon 5 is all about.

Londo Mollari

In dueling societies, it is customary for each member to be given a fighting name by his comrades! They said I fought like a crazed leati, and so they called me Paso Leati! Urza was known as Skal Tura--the silent beast! Those were great times, Vir! We were young, proud, fierce, bursting to prove ourselves to each other and to the world. Our starships ruled the spaceways, and our power was rivaled by that of the gods only! Ah, Great Maker, it was good to be a Centauri then!

Vir Cotto

Every generation of Centauri mourns for the golden days when their power was like unto the gods! It--it's counterproductive! I mean, why make history if you fail to learn by it?

Londo

You know, Vir, you have what the Earthers call a negative personality.

Vir

No, I don't.

Londo

There, you see?

Vir

Londo, this is insane!

Londo

Insanity is part of the times. You must learn to embrace the madness. Let it fire you.

Londo Mollari

Mass drivers? They have been outlawed by every civilized planet!

These are uncivilized times.

Londo

We have treaties!

Ink on a page!

Londo Mollari

There, you see? I'm going to live!

G'Kar

So it would seem. Well, it is an imperfect universe.

Londo

Bastard.

G'Kar

Monster.

Londo

Fanatic!

G'Kar

Murderer!

Londo

You are insane!

G'Kar

And that is why we'll win.

Londo

"Go be the ambassador to Babylon 5," they say. "It will be an easy assignment!" I hate my life.

G'Kar

So do I.

Londo

Shut up!

Londo Mollari

Lyta Alexander! As I live and breathe...

Lyta

I suggest you remove your hand, Ambassador, or you won't be doing either for very long.

Londo

Lyta, I understand the Psi Corps is looking for you. I would hate very much for them to find you.

Lyta

So would I. Because I'm not with the Corps anymore. That means I'm not bound by their rules! [She gets right in his face.] So if someone were to turn me in, I'd find him. And before they took me, I'd plant a nightmare deep in his mind where no one else could find or remove it. And that person would spend every night for the rest of his life...screaming!

Londo

Fine! And keep your threats to yourself! [to himself] Nightmares. Hmph! The way my life has been going lately, who'd notice?

Vir Cotto

They are deeply spiritual people!

Londo Mollari

Yes, now that you can leave in. It always scares people.

Vir Cotto

I thought the purpose of filing these reports was to provide accurate intelligence!

Mollari

Vir, intelligence has nothing to do with politics!

What we are about to say is for your ears only, Ambassador Mollari. We will not repeat it to others in the Royal Court, and suggest you do the same. If it comes out, we will deny this conversation ever took place.

Londo

Of course.

You have a chance few others will ever have, Mollari. You still have three opportunities to avoid the fire that waits for you at the end of your journey. You have already wasted two others. You must save the eye that does not see. You must not kill the one who is already dead. And at the last, you must surrender yourself to your greatest fear, knowing that it will destroy you. Now if you have failed all the others, that is your final chance for redemption.

Londo

I...don't understand!

The future reveals itself only reluctantly, Ambassador. Take the sign for what it is. Look for it when it appears!

Londo

I will. Thank you!

One more thing. You will be Emperor. That part of your destiny cannot be avoided.

Londo

I see.

[to Vir] You will also be Emperor.

Why are you laughing?

Vir

I...I thought you were joking!

We do not joke in the face of prophecy, Vir.

Londo

Lady Morella, please! We cannot both be Emperor!

Correct. One of you will become Emperor after the other is dead. That is all we see and all we wish to see.

Londo Mollari

Now, I have been studying these reports from the front lines. You'll note the plural form--lines. Is there anyone along our border with whom we are not currently at war?

We need room to expand.

Londo

Only an idiot fights a war on two fronts. Only the heir to the throne of the kingdom of idiots would fight a war on twelve fronts.

You walked away from the greatest power I have ever seen! And now you expect me to do the same? They are the key to my eventual rise to the throne! Why would I abandon them?

Londo

Because I have asked you. Because your loyalty to our people should be greater than your ambition. And because I have poisoned your drink.

Londo

Yes...and it is very interesting poison. It comes in two parts. Both are harmless on their own. But when combined...quite lethal. The first settles into the bloodstream, and the intestinal walls. It stays there for years. Silent...dormant...waiting. When the other half of the poison enters your system the two meet, have a little party in your cardiovascular system...and suddenly, you are quite dead.

Why? Why did you do this?

Londo

To guarantee your cooperation! And because sooner or later, you would do it to me! As we are returning to the old ways, Refa, and poison was always the instrument of choice in the old Republic, being something of a sentimentalist, I got here first.

You walked away from the greatest power I have ever seen! And now you expect me to do the same? They are the key to my eventual rise to the throne! Why would I abandon them?

Londo Mollari

Because I have asked you. Because your loyalty to our people should be greater than your ambition. And because I have poisoned your drink.

Londo

Yes…and it is very interesting poison. It comes in two parts. Both are harmless on their own. But when combined…quite lethal. The first settles into the bloodstream, and the intestinal walls. It stays there for years. Silent…dormant…waiting. When the other half of the poison enters your system the two meet, have a little party in your cardiovascular system…and suddenly? You. Are. Quite. Dead. Your drink contained the first half of the poison.

Why? Why did you do this?

Londo

To guarantee your cooperation! And because sooner or later, you would do it to me! Yes, we are returning to the old ways, Refa, and poison was always the instrument of choice in the old Republic. Being something of a sentimentalist, I got here first.

What do you want me to do?

Londo

You have encouraged that fool Cartagia to attack worlds that have no value to us. You will now encourage him otherwise. You will bolster our lines of defense around Centauri Prime. And you will have nothing more to do with Mr. Morden. If you do not comply, one of my agents in the royal palace will introduce you to the second half of the poison.

Londo

To your health, Lord Refa.

Londo Mollari

I swear, they are evolving right before my eyes.

Londo

If you see something this big with eight legs coming your way, let me know. I have to kill it before it develops language skills.

Londo Mollari

Everyone dies around me, Mr. Morden. Except the ones that most deserve it. That is about to change. You said that you would go away for as long as I wanted. I no longer want that. All I want now…is revenge. They took from me the one thing that I have…have ever truly loved. And you will help me, Mr. Morden, to strike them down. Give me this, and the safety of my people…and let the rest of the galaxy burn. I don't care any more.

Morden

Of course, Ambassador. As ever, I'm always in your service.

Lennier

It was the year of fire...

Zack Allan

...the year of destruction...

G'Kar

...the year we took back what was ours.

Lyta Alexander

It was the year of rebirth...

Vir Cotto

...the year of great sadness...

Marcus Cole

...the year of pain...

Delenn

...and a year of joy.

Londo Mollari

It was...a new age.

Stephen Franklin

It was the end of history.

Susan Ivanova

It was the year everything changed.

Michael Garibaldi

The year is 2261.

John Sheridan

The place, Babylon 5.