X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1 Quotes

“I valued this school as a haven. I'd much rather fight for a world where it wasn't necessary.”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1

“Im not in his league, Ororo, but I've been rich. Only a fool believes he'll be brought to justice for any crime -- not in a court, not under your precious law.
You rather deal with him yourself? Then how are you and he any different?”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1

“THe law is ment to make us equal -- -- rich or poor, man or woman, baseline or mutant. Abandon it, subvert it, and the world becomes a jungle where only arbiter is power. That kind of worldis Elias Bogan's home.”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1

“You taught me we are all human. And however will we learn, if you never give us the chance?”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1

“Poor boy. To have your trust and innocence so cruelly abused.
Welcome to the real world, sonny.
Suck it up, kiddo. That's what Happens when you sell yourself for money.”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1

“Society's rule work, Manoli. What's needed is someone to fairly enforce them.”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1

“I mean, why are people so awful? Everyone hates me because I'm a mutant. But i just paint pictures! Where's the harm?”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1

“From my experience, you're either ready to adapt and overcome... or you die.”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1

“You think you know better than any government?
Don't you?
What does that mean?
I look at the life I've lived, the things I've done -- much of it in the "service" of my country. Look at the state of the world, bub. I figure we can't do any worse.”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1

“If I did nothing, Heather -- If I did nothing more -- then what you see around you Now is just a taste... ... of the fate of the world.”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1

“Was it the fact that it happened on the far side of the world, to strangers? Or is it that I'm searching Desperately for excuses so I don't have to face the truth: We really are different. They really do hate us.”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1

“That's why they're afraid. That's why they hate. If I were one of them, I know I would at least be tempted.”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1

“Ordinary People, like I used to be, they believe they're the masters of their fate. What a joke. Their very existence is by the grace of people like us.”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1

“It seems to me that the world I thought I knew -- The life I hoped to build -- is but an illusion.”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1

“We haven''t done anything wrong. We haven't broken a single law -- Yet here we are facing some government hit squad that's targeting us for one reason only, because we're mutants!”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1

“Would you really rather leave the future to people who can impose their own way simply because they've got power? Or do the X-men continue to stand for something better?!”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1