Any reasonable ruler would have the expectation and the demand the other way round.

Evil is nothing but a word, an objectification where no objectification is necessary. Cast aside this notion of some external agency as the source of inconceivable inhumanity - the sad truth is our possession of an innate proclivity towards indifference, towards deliberate denial of mercy, towards disengaging all that is moral within us. But if that is too dire , let's call it evil. And paint it with fire and venom.

You always fashioned yourself as the Empire's harshest Fist, didn't you, Korbolo Dom? As if cruelty's a virtue.

The soul knows no greater anguish than to take a breath that begins with love and ends with grief.

Such is the vastness of his genius that he can outwit even himself.

One day, perhaps, you will see for yourself that regrets are as nothing. The value lies in how they are answered.

I warn you all, hatred is finding fertile soil within me. And in your compassion, in your every good intention, you nurture it.