X-Men: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Sanctuary Part I (1995)

David Hemblen: Magneto, Magnus

Quotes 

• US Delegate : Five armed satellites disappear in a two-month period. And now the shuttle! And you tell me your people know nothing about it!

  Russian Delegate : What about our missing aerospace scientists? I suppose we took them also!

  US Delegate : Your stolen scientists were all mutants, know what I mean? Perhaps you sold them into Genoshan slavery?

  Genoshan Delegate : The Republic of Free Genosha objects strenuously to the use of the term "slavery!" Mutant powers are a resource to be managed like any other.

  [Magneto comes crashing in through the ceiling] 

  Magneto : The mutant race will no longer be managed, Mr. Delegate.

  [the Genoshan delegate attempts to escape but Magneto seals the door] 

  Magneto : You will all remain seated until I have finished. Ladies, gentlemen, you have been chosen to witness the announcement of a momentous event in the history of our planet. The liberation of mutantkind has begun.

• Magneto : Too long have we suffered under the oppression of humankind. I have witnessed firsthand the barbarous treatment of mutants on your wretched little island. I will not allow this madness to continue! We have seen communities torn apart by the jealous hatred of our mutant gifts. Roving mobs of vigilantes seek out the infirm among us. Some mutants conceal their true power, living a charade of normality, while their spirit suffocates. Others have gone into hiding beneath your cities, huddling in the darkness like rats. There are those who have tried nobly to enlighten their human brethren, to strive for freedom and equality for all men. Their efforts have been repaid with brutality and hatred. The missing mutant scientists and I have built a mutants-only asteroid. Where any mutant may live apart from humanity, free from its cruelty. The first exodus will begin in 24 hours near Genosha. Thereafter, mutants who wish to join us shall gather at designated pick-up points, once the first pilgrims are settled. My mission is peaceful. Any intervention would make it otherwise. The decision is yours.

• Magneto : Well, Mr. Cortez. To what do I owe this visit?

  Fabian Cortez : You don't seem surprised, Lord Magneto.

  Magneto : Certainly not.

  [magnetically pins Cortez to the wall] 

  Magneto : It was you who launched the warhead. You are a reckless young fool!

  Fabian Cortez : Coward! You let flat-scan humans eat at your table!

  Magneto : I rule here! I will not tolerate your endangering my asteroid.

  Fabian Cortez : I renounce you!

  Magneto : You renounce me?

  Fabian Cortez : Return! You are unfit to lead!

  Magneto : My powers. I can't even

  Fabian Cortez : You exhausted your power on Genosha, old man. I have sustained you and I can destroy you! You don't have enough power to hold your own molecules together.

  [walks out of Magneto's quarters] 

  Fabian Cortez : Soon you will fade away into nothing!

  [seals the door] 

  Fabian Cortez : You will serve our cause much better as a martyr.

  [jettisons Magneto's quarters]