Code Geass

[Cornelia is discussing with Schneizel about the destruction of the Britannian capital city Pendragon.]

Schneizel:
Yes? What about it?

Cornelia:
You mean the people of Pendragon were...

Schneizel:
I made them vanish. It was better for them than a life-swearing loyalty to Lelouch, wouldn't you say?

Cornelia:
They're our own people! And you told Nunnally...

Schneizel:
Lies are expedient. There's no need to tell Nunnally things that would get in the way of her opposition to Lelouch is there? She'll never know the difference.

Cornelia:
You use everyone...even your own sister?

Schneizel:
Cornelia, what is it that people truly want? Starvation and poverty? Discrimination and corruption? War and terrorism? They want the problems that are flooding the world to go away forever. People can't understand each other under these situations at all.

Cornelia:
Your theories don't justify butchering civilians!

Schneizel:
Even civilians who have rejected war depend on the police, don't they? Everyone knows, don't they, that people are driven by their own desires. The lust that dwells within the soul of man cannot be denied. [Schneizel pushes three buttons on a panel to have a world map appear on the monitor.] So why win hearts and minds or tout some shining ideology, why not bring peace to the world with system and power? In ten days, Damocles will enter the airspace of the United States of China and then switch over to a secondary acceleration. After that, we're scheduled to ascend three-hundred kilometers above the surface. From there, we will hit every enemy nation with F.L.E.I.J.A.s.

Cornelia:
Are you insane?! We only agreed to use them against Lelouch! This will destroy the world! You're trying to control people through fear!

Schneizel:
Mankind's history is war. Peace is an illusion. To turn illusion into reality is a arduous task. It requires discipline.

Cornelia:
And you plan to discipline the entire human race all by yourself?! Only a god could pull that off!

Schneizel:
Then I shall become a god. If that is what it takes to bring peace to the world.

Cornelia:
You're deranged...[Diethard and Kanon enter.]

Diethard:
Magnificent! I knew I was right to change sides and support you! Surpassing Zero's chaos with a state of perfect nothingness and a kaleidoscopic transformation!

Kanon:
Prince Scneizel, we've made contact with the Black Knights. They say if you plan to kill Lelouch, they're willing to join immediately.

Schneizel:
Thank you, Kanon. [At Cornelia] Those who've experienced Lelouch's tyranny firsthand will have no alternative but to choose the lesser of evils.

Cornelia:
Is that why you stayed back and let Lelouch get away with this until now?!

Schneizel:
It was a way to minimize the damage. But in the end, if we have to sacrifice one or two billion lives to achieve a state of permanent peace...

Cornelia:
You're wrong! Peace obtained by force is not peace! [Draws her sword and charges at Schneizel. Schneizel snaps his fingers which activate a hidden machine gun which guns down Cornelia.]

Schneizel:
This is so sad, Cornelia.