Assassination is just diplomacy by other means. - Adam-Troy Castro

In short, they were like the complacent everywhere: in that they were already dead, and did not yet happen to know it…

You want to know why humanity’s never been involved in a serious interspecies conflict? Because it’s like going out to eat when you have a pantry full of food at home. Why bother sampling the buffets elsewhere when we haven’t worked out all the great ways to kill each other yet?

Are you refusing a direct order?"
"Tell me to die for no good reason and I'll do more than refuse, I'll shove the order up your ass.