Viceroy Berto Mercado quotes from Defiance

[to Amanda] Even back when you were Mayor and repeatedly kicking the Earth Republic in the teeth, I knew you were acting on principle. You've got character.

It's in our nature to want to be other than we are. It's what makes humanity great. We are creatures of incredible curiosity. We envy the flight of birds, and we build wings. Born earthbound, we reach for the stars.

[singing] I have infinite potential / Your love can set it free / Give me something to be proud of / Give me something more than me / I want bigger, sleeker, faster / I want to hug the curves / I yearn for something greater / Than one like me deserves / Take this child of evolution / And raise him to the sky / Set free his inner beauty / Teach this boy to fly / And when I ascend in glory / The gods will know my name / We will blow apart this fiction / That all are built the same

[to Pottinger] Jesus, Niles. Can't you just pay for sex like a normal person?

You're a show-off, Pottinger, with your big words, your hand lotion, your TV screens. But I tell you something, I never met a show-off who was quite as smart as he thought he was.

Niles Pottinger

Well, now that you finally have, you can tell your grandkids all about it.

Niles Pottinger

If you think you can just swoop in here and take credit for my accomplishments-

Consider yourself lucky I didn't send you to the front to die. But rest assured, that option remains on the table.

Captain, have you been drinking?

Yes, sir.

You might want to gargle.