Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Quotes

"Lelouch vi Britannia commands you: all of you... die!"

Lelouch's first use of Geass in the Shinjuku ghetto, ordering the Britannian soldiers about to execute him to kill themselves. It is the first demonstration of the power that drives the entire series.

"The only ones who should kill are those prepared to be killed."

Zero's line in his first public appearance, when he shoots Prince Clovis. It becomes Lelouch's personal code and is the principle behind his final plan, the Zero Requiem.

"Yes... I... destroy the world... and create it anew."

Lelouch's dying words as Suzaku, disguised as Zero, stabs him in the finale of R2. His death as the tyrant Emperor unites the world against a single enemy and delivers the peace he promised Nunnally.

"You will live on as Zero. Forever, for the sake of the world."

Lelouch explaining the final step of the Zero Requiem to Suzaku: Suzaku must kill him in public as Zero and then give up his own name to protect the peace. It is a punishment for both of them.

"Lelouch vi Britannia commands you: obey me, world!"

Lelouch's declaration in R2 after defeating his father in the World of C and taking the throne as the 99th Emperor of Britannia. It is the opening move of the Zero Requiem.

"If the king does not move, then his subjects will not follow."

Lelouch's remark during a chess game against a nobleman in the very first episode, moving his king forward. It foreshadows his leadership style: he always puts himself at the front of the rebellion.

"I swear... I will obliterate Britannia!"

The oath a young Lelouch made to Suzaku after his mother was murdered and his sister crippled, shown in flashback. Everything Zero does traces back to this promise.

"Live!"

The Geass command Lelouch forces on Suzaku on Shikine Island to stop him from dying in a suicide attack. Suzaku, who wanted to die atoning for killing his father, is never allowed to again.

"Results are all that matter. Methods don't."

Suzaku's stated belief when he refuses to join Zero, insisting that change must come from inside the system. The line inverts Lelouch's philosophy, and by the end of the series both characters swap positions.

"All men are not created equal!"

The Emperor's speech to his subjects after Clovis's death, celebrating inequality as the engine of progress. It lays out the ideology Lelouch has sworn to destroy.

"I destroy worlds and I create worlds."

Lelouch's thoughts near the end of R2 as the Zero Requiem is completed. He accepts that to build a peaceful world he must first make the world hate him, and then die.

"You don't want to die, do you? I'll give you the power. In exchange, you must grant my one wish."

C.C.'s contract offer to Lelouch in the first episode, as Britannian soldiers are about to shoot him. Accepting it gives him the Geass and starts the rebellion.

"Results gained through contemptible means aren't worth anything."

Suzaku's core belief, stated to Lelouch during the Special Administrative Zone of Japan arc. His insistence on changing Britannia from within is the direct opposite of Zero's methods.

"The power of the king will isolate you."

C.C.'s warning to Lelouch as he starts using the Geass, hinting that every previous contractor ended up alone. The series spends two seasons proving her right.

"I won't let you die without knowing the truth. Geass is a power that leads people into solitude."

C.C.'s warning as she grants Lelouch his Geass in the Shinjuku ghetto. Every user in the series, from Mao to Charles, ends up isolated by their power exactly as she predicts.

"I'm going to change Britannia from the inside."

Suzaku's answer when Lelouch, disguised as Zero, asks him to join the resistance. He chooses to serve the empire that conquered Japan so he can reform it legally.