Lee Moldaver quotes from Fallout

Lee Moldaver

What do you suppose your Brotherhood would do with infinite power? Maybe you can stop them. Maybe you can't. Maybe all you can do is try.

Lee Moldaver

Rose was so clever. Like you. Lucy, your mother discovered that something was siphoning the Vault's water supply away. And from that one clue, she deduced that maybe civilization had returned to the surface. When she told her husband, he said that it was a ridiculous idea. And that she should tell no one.

Hank MacLean

Lucy, let's go. Let's...

Lee Moldaver

And that's when she realized that her husband, the Overseer, was hiding things.

Hank MacLean

Lucy, let's go. Let's get out of here.

Lee Moldaver

So she ran away. Like you did, Lucy. And took her children. She found this wonderful city, that was everything the Vaults has promised to be.

Hank MacLean

She's lying.

Lee Moldaver

But then, her husband came after her. And when she decided not to return home, he took the children. And he burned that city to the ground. [Lucy stares in disbelief] Shady Sands.

Hank MacLean

She's lying, Lucy...

Lee Moldaver

That's how Vault-Tec deals with competition. Just like they did two hundred years ago.

Cooper Howard

They sat around that table and talked about the end of the world like it was some new business strategy.

Lee Moldaver

Sounds like you heard something interesting.

Cooper Howard

You knew?

Lee Moldaver

And now you do too. So what are we going to do about it?

Lee Moldaver

Are you familiar with Robert House?

Cooper Howard

Yeah, I'm familiar with Robert House. The guy owns half of Las Vegas.

Lee Moldaver

He's also building a privately-owned missile system in Las Vegas with enough firepower to follow through on your wife's proposals. When the bombs drop, it'll be Robert House who presses the button.

Cooper Howard

Are you asking me to spy on the wealthiest man in America?

Lee Moldaver

Not spy on him.

Cooper Howard

Y-you want me to...?

Lee Moldaver

You wife is going to Las Vegas next week to sell Cold Fusion to Robert House. Then he'll have everything he needs to push that button. Play nice with your wife, and get on that trip to Vegas.

Lee Moldaver

Where are you going?

Cooper Howard

Home. While I still have one.

Lee Moldaver

[shrugs] When the world goes down in flames, at least you'll know your hands are clean.

Lee Moldaver

Glad you chose to do the right thing.

Cooper Howard

Is that what you call killing a man?

Lee Moldaver

Check the coin return.

Lee Moldaver

If Robert House gets Cold Fusion, Vault-Tec gets the bombs. This is the only way to stop it.

Cooper Howard

Is this what I think it is?

Lee Moldaver

You're a soldier. You've killed before.

Cooper Howard

In uniform.

Lee Moldaver

Wearing a costume doesn't make it any better. I am giving you the opportunity to save countless lives in exchange for one. I think in this case, the ends justify the means.

Cooper Howard

People have been saying shit like that for years. I'll stop the exchange. I'll get your Cold Fusion back. But I'm not gonna kill a man to do it.