Mr. X quotes from The X-Files

You'll only win the war if you pick the right battles, Agent Mulder. This is a battle you can't win.

Mulder

[Mr. X hands Mulder an envelope] What's this?

Data from a top secret military project. Born of the idea that sleep was the soldier's greatest enemy.

Mulder

Grissom was conducting sleep deprivation experiments on Parris Island?

Not deprivation. Eradication.

Mulder

Why?

Why else? To build a better soldier. Sustained wakefulness dulls fear, heightens aggression. Science had just put a man on the moon. So now they looked to science to win a losing war.

Mulder

And Willig and Cole were the lab rats.

Lab rats with the highest kill ratio in the Marine Corps. Four thousand-plus confirmed kills for a thirteen-man squad.

Mulder

You think Cole's behind what's happening now?

I'm not here to do your thinking, Agent Mulder. All I know is, that Augustus Cole hasn't slept in twenty-four years.

Mulder

Who are you?

Who I am is irrelevant.

Mulder

Why are you trying to help me?

You think I want to be here, Agent Mulder? I don't want to be here.

Mulder

[Mr. X hands Mulder an envelope] What's this?

Data from a top secret military project. Born of the idea that sleep is the soldier's greatest enemy.

Mulder

Grissom was conducting sleep deprivation experiments on Parris Island?

Not deprivation. Eradication.

Mulder

Why?

Why else? To build a better soldier. Sustained wakefulness dulls fear, heightens aggression. Science had just put a man on the moon. So they looked to science to win a losing war.

Mulder

And Willig and Cole were the lab rats.

Lab rats with the highest kill ratio in the Marine Corps. Four thousand-plus confirmed kills for a thirteen-man squad.

Mulder

You think Cole's behind what's happening now?

I'm not here to do your thinking, Agent Mulder. All I know is, Augustus Cole hasn't slept in twenty-four years. There's someone else you should see - Another member of the squad who was reportedly killed in action.

Mulder

I thought Cole was the last?

His name is on the envelope.

Mulder

...How do I contact you?

You can't.

Mulder

I may need more.

[turns around] You still don't get it, do you? Closing the X-Files, separating you and Scully was only the beginning. The truth is still out there, but it's never been more dangerous. The man we both knew paid for that information with his life - A sacrifice I'm not willing to make.

You wasted a trip, Mister Mulder. There's nothing the Senator can do for you now.

Mulder

What?

Not without committing political suicide.

Mulder

Why? Do they have something on him?

They have something on everyone, Mr. Mulder. The question is when they'll use it.

Mulder

I need his help.

No one can help you now. Your channels of appeal and recourse are closed.

Mulder

Your predecessor could have helped me.

...

Mulder

Oh. You know, don't you? You know what's happened to her.

This reaches beyond any of us, Mr. Mulder. Even my predecessor.

Mulder

I want an answer!

..Why kill Duane Barry if there was nothing to hide?

Mulder

You mean the government?

There are no answers for you, Mr. Mulder. They only have one policy... Deny everything.

Mulder

I was surprised to get your card. I had assumed our last contact... would be our last. Why are you here?

Your investigation is faltering, Agent Mulder.

Mulder

I've got a renegade Marine who may be violating every human rights provision...

These people have no rights. In 24 hours all access to Folkstone will be restricted to military personnel. No press, no third-party monitoring.

Mulder

What about Scully and me?

You'll be called back to Washington on a priority matter.

Mulder

They're making the camp invisible. Why?

In case you haven't noticed, Agent Mulder, the Statue of Liberty is on vacation. The new mandate says if you're not a citizen you'd better keep out.

You wanted to see me?

Mulder

How was the opera?

Wonderful. I've never slept better. I don't like these hasty public meetings, Agent Mulder.

Mulder

I'm sorry. I need your help.

It's over. The fat lady is singing.

Mulder

He believes the government is out to get him.

It's tax season - so do most Americans.