General Wade Eiling quotes from Justice League Unlimited

Superman

There. Is that--

That was disgusting.

Superman

I don't suppose you need any help destroying that? Wouldn't want that technology falling into the wrong hands.

We can learn a lot from it. It almost beat the Justice League, after all.

Wonder Woman

Why would you need something to do that, General?

Oh, I don't know. Maybe because it turns out that the Justice League has had a secret space-based weapon of mass destruction all along. And we're going to be talking about that some day, believe me. Ma'am.

[a general has just taken away a doomsday machine that nearly destroyed Earth] Amazing. Show him a weapon that destroyed its creators and every other thing it saw, and he wants to play with it. What's to stop history from repeating itself here on Earth?

Superman

We are.

Amanda Waller

You look well, General. The past few months have been good to you.

Mrs. Waller, due respect, this reassignment is a joke. Never thought I'd become a desk drone.

Amanda Waller

I can't help you there. Langley all but scrapped Project Cadmus and insisted on your transfer. We're lucky we're not all in jail.

Look, the only mistake we made was trusting Luthor.

Amanda Waller

Wade. You know better than to dwell on the past.

I'm talking about right now. The Justice League is still the single greatest threat to global security.

Amanda Waller

I used to believe that too. But remember: we used to say the same about the Soviets. Our enemies are never as evil as we imagine... and maybe we're never quite as good.

Nuts. Don't tell me the bleeding hearts in Congress got to you.

Amanda Waller

I'd eat them alive.

You would too. You've got some onions, Amanda.

Amanda Waller

Then listen to me. I'm not the League's greatest fan, but their intentions are good. I can work with them.

What if you're wrong, though? Turns out the metahumans aren't on the side of the angels? We won't have any way to defend ourselves. Look what happened last year: Superman walked into Cadmus and tossed our best men like a salad.

Amanda Waller

Oh, for heaven's sake.

What's to stop him from doing it again? They're all orbiting us with a space weapon, supposedly decommissioned. That's a much bigger threat than the Russians ever were. If we'd rolled over like this with the Soviet Union, given up our nukes...

Amanda Waller

We'd all be living under a red flag?

Yes, ma'am, you'd better believe it. After all our work, what did Cadmus accomplish? You get a reprimand, I'm pushing pencils, and the League gets another base here on Earth, that Metro Tower. When one side loses ground and the other side gains, that isn't a truce - it's a surrender!

Amanda Waller

It's a different world, General. Learn to live in it.

[in General Eiling's grip] Don't kill me!

I wouldn't kill you, soldier. You're just doing your job. And now I'm going to do mine...

General Eiling, sir. What brings you back to Cadmus?

Just came to collect something I left behind.

I want you men posted at the entrance to this wing. Nobody in or out.

Yes, sir.

General, what are you doing?

Hello, Dr. Anderson. I left my reading glasses in the bio vault and can't seem to get back in.

That code was changed six months ago. You're not authorized.

The new code. Now.

General, no. That serum's unstable.

I read the report.

So you know about the horrible disfigurations. The test animals...

Too late now.

Shoot to kill. Now. While you still can.

Where's Superman?

Green Arrow

Busy. Can I help you?

Yeah. Hold this for me! [hurls a cart at Green Arrow]

We're taking this someplace else. Haven't you ever heard of innocent bystanders?

You ever hear of acceptable losses? You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. This country is halfway down the toilet because of you super-powered types.

For the record, I don't have powers, pottymouth. It's the staff!

[slamming Stargirl into the ground] In that case, miss, then you're just another egg.

Green Arrow

You wanted Superman? Now you've got-[Speedy and Crimson Avenger teleport in]- The Crimson Avenger and my ex-sidekick.

Speedy

Ex-partner.

Green Arrow

Speedy, we gotta do this now?

Oooh, now I'm scared.

You spoiled, rich little twerp!

Green Arrow

I think he means me.

Speedy

Oh. For a second, I was all mad.

Superman, you coward! All your men are down, and you won't even show your face!

Shining Knight

He cannot hear even your bellowing, monster. As we speak, Superman rescues an entire star system a universe away. Do your worst - I'll not let you harm another.

I do what I do in service to my country.

Shining Knight

Once, at the word of my lord King Arthur, I was ordered to lay waste to an entire village. I knew my king's heart could not be so unjust, so I spared them all.

Then you're a lousy soldier.

Shining Knight

There it is...the creeping moral decay of the past thousand years.

Shining Knight

Arthur thanked me, oaf! Had I been wrong, I would have handed over my sword and left the court in shame!

Save yourself a hospital stay and stand down. That magic armor won't help you.

Shining Knight

Have at thee!

You're a relic. In this world, power is the only thing that matters. You and those other no-name heroes, you're just people. In the great scheme of things, nothing you do has the least bit of significance. [Shining Knight rises again, but Eiling punches him again] I'll waste you and a billion like you before you before I allow any power to rival America's. It's my duty.

Shining Knight

You don't know what the word means!

You can't win.

Shining Knight

I'll die as befits a knight, defending the weak. [falls to his knees]

Why don't you give up?

Shining Knight

Why don't you?

Superman and your Justice League are a threat to a safe and stable world.

Drop the act! You think killing Superman would make the world safe? Or killing this boy? Or us? Tell me - how many of us do you have to kill to keep us safe?

They're the ones I'm after, not you. I'm not the menace, metahumans are. Superpowered beings.

You're the only one around here with superpowers.

All right, I've become what I hate, I'll give you that. But in the long run, you'll see I was right. You'll see you need the likes of me to protect you from them! [bounds away across the city's buildings]