- Raiden: Why won't you die?
- Steven Armstrong: Nanomachines, son. They harden in response to physical trauma.
- Steven Armstrong: I have a dream. That one day every person in this nation will control their own destiny. A nation of the truly free, dammit. A nation of action, not words, ruled by strength, not committee! Where the law changes to suit the individual, not the other way around. Where power and justice are back where they belong: in the hands of the people! Where every man is free to think - to act - for himself! Fuck all these limp-dick lawyers and chickenshit bureaucrats. Fuck this 24-hour Internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit! Fuck American pride! Fuck the media! FUCK ALL OF IT! America is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it - we need to pull it out by the roots. Wipe the slate clean. BURN IT DOWN! And from the ashes, a new America will be born. Evolved, but untamed! The weak will be purged and the strongest will thrive - free to live as they see fit, they'll make America great again!... In my new America, people will die and kill for what they BELIEVE! Not for money. not for oil! Not for what they're told is right. Every man will be free to fight his own wars!
- Raiden: I said my sword was a tool of justice. Not used in anger. Not used for vengeance. But now... Now I'm not so sure. And besides, this isn't my sword.
- Kevin Washington: [briefing Raiden in "File-01: Coup d'État"] And Raiden, try to keep an eye out for...
- [remembers that Raiden lost an eye in his last mission]
- Kevin Washington: Oh, right. Sorry, man.
- [Codec call as Jack the Ripper during Monsoon fight]
- Courtney Collins: Uh, Raiden... are you all right?
- Raiden: Not now, Courtney. You're about to see the Ripper in action.
- Courtney Collins: O-Okay... But... you called me? On the codec? Did you want to... save, or...?
- [Select NO]
- Courtney Collins: So then... w-what did you want?
- Raiden: Uh... I forgot.
- Raiden: "One sword keeps another in the sheath".
- Prime Minister N'Mani: [impressed] A soldier *and* a philosopher. You are full of surprises, Mr. Lightning Bolt.
- Monsoon: Kill or be killed, Jack.
- Monsoon: Phnom Penh taught me that.
- Monsoon: Yes. You aren't the only one to grow up on the killing fields.
- Monsoon: War is a cruel parent, but an effective teacher.
- Monsoon: Its final lesson is carved deep in my psyche:
- Monsoon: That this world and all its people are diseased.
- Monsoon: Free Will is a myth; Religion is a joke.
- Monsoon: We are all pawns, controlled by something greater:
- Monsoon: Memes. The DNA of the soul.
- Monsoon: They shape our will.
- Monsoon: They are the culture -- they are everything we pass on.
- Monsoon: Expose someone to anger long enough, they will learn to hate.
- Monsoon: They become a carrier... Envy, Greed, Despair...
- Monsoon: All memes. All passed along.
- Raiden: How about full of shit?
- Raiden: Is that a meme?