Inquisition Quotes

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Inquisition Portal

This article collects famous quotes made by members of, or about, the Inquisition, sorted in alphabetical order. This article includes members of the Space Marine Chamber Millitant, the Grey Knights and Deathwatch.

For quotes made by, or about, members of the Ecclesiarchy see their dedicated article, and for the members of their Chamber Millitant the Adepta Sororitas, see their dedicated article.

N.B. Inquisitors utter statements about other factions all the time; such quotes should preferably be collected in other articles (e.g. a quote made by an Inquisitor about the Eldar should be collected in the Eldar Quotes article).

Attributed

Inquisition Texts and Prayers

Document	Quote	Source
Canticle of Absolution	Our will shall be our weapons, our faith shall be our armour.	Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 - Grey Knight Paragon
The First Book of Indoctrinations	The weak will always be led by the strong. Where the strong see purpose and act, the weak follow; where the strong cry out against fate, the weak bow their heads and succumb. There are many who are weak; and many are their temptations. Despise the weak for they shall flock to the call of the Daemon and the Renegade. Pity them not and scorn their cries of innocence - it is better that one hundred innocently fall before the wrath of the Emperor than one kneels before the Daemon.	Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness, pg. 230
	The Daemon has many forms. You must know them all. You must tell the Daemon from his disguise and root him out from the hidden places. Trust no-one. trust not even yourself. It is better to die in vain than to live an abomination. The zealous martyr is praised for his valour: the craven and the unready are justly abhorred.	Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness, pg. 222
Transcription of suppressed texts, from the archives of the Gethsemene Reclusium	Know this adept, for your journey has been long and you are to be trusted as few will ever be. Psykers represent Humanity's future, the ideal creature into which mankind will evolve; a more powerful, more intelligent and more capable life form. As yet this race is weak, its members lacking the mental strength needed to face the dangers of the psychic universe. Were the new race of psykers permitted to develop free and unprotected, the whole of Humanity would soon be destroyed. We few who are privy to this truth have guarded it selflessly for nigh on four millennia, since the end of the great schism from which our order was born. It is our sole concern, for the very future of our race depends upon us, and us alone.	Codex: Witch Hunters (3rd Edition), pg. 14
Declaration of Inquisitorial mandate, Inquisitorial representative, Senate Imperialis	So great has been the calamitousness of these times, and such the inveterate malice of the heretics, that there has been nothing ever so clear in our statement of faith, nothing so surely settled, which they, at the instigation of the enemy of the human race, have not defiled by some sort of error. For which cause the holy Inquisition hath made it Its especial care to condemn and anathematise the principal errors of the heretics of our time, and to deliver and teach the true and Imperial doctrine; even as It has condemned, anathematised, and decreed.	Codex: Witch Hunters (3rd Edition), pg. 28
Oath of the Grey Knights Seventh Brotherhood, attributed to its first Grand Master	We die, though our war is eternal, We are doomed, but we walk in darkness, We are forgotten, yet the future is our gift to humanity.'	Crucible (Short Story)
Rubric of Protocol, by Inquisitor Crowe, Standard actions of interrogation as described	Action I: Verbal interview without duress. Action II: Verbal threat of and description of Actions that may follow. Action III: Light physical torture. Action IV: Light physical torture and psychological manipulation. Action V: Sensory and physical deprivation. Action VI: Psychic interrogation. Action VII: Intensive psychic interrogation. Action VIII: Use of psycho-chemical drugs. Action IX: Classified. - (Exact details not described, but two days of Ninth Action would probably kill a subject.)	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 15
Inscription upon Conclave chamber doors, Mare Cinis, Suluk	HERETICUS – FAITH IS MY SHIELD MALLEUS – ZEAL IS MY SWORD XENOS – HATE IS MY SPEAR	align=center|Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 18

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Inquisitor Allendyne	His loyalty couldn't be bought at any price; but it could be rented remarkably cheaply. - after the execution of Rogue Trader Parnis Vermode for trafficking in interdicted Xenos artifacts	The Traitor's Hand (Novel) - Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium (Omnibus), ch. 9, pg. 601
Justicar Alaric of the Grey Knights	We do not know what our chances of survival are, so we fight as if they were zero. We do not know what we are facing, so we fight as if it was the dark gods themselves. No one will remember us now and we may never be buried beneath Titan, so we will build our own memorial here. The Chapter might lose us and the Imperium might never know we existed, but the Enemy - the Enemy will know. The Enemy will remember. We will hurt it so badly that it will never forget us until the stars burn out and the Emperor vanquishes it at the end of time. When Chaos is dying, its last thought will be of us. That is our memorial - carved into the heart of Chaos. We cannot lose, Grey Knights. We have already won.	Grey Knights (Novel), ch. Twenty
	You had to use the whole Trail. Saint Evisser, the cardinals, every single citizen, you had to move them all into position to beat us. Remember that. You put your plan in motion before the Trail even existed, because you knew it would take nothing less. We made you work, daemon. You feared us so much you had to move star systems to make us dance to your tune.
Inquisitor Apollyon, Ordo Xenos	He who allows the alien to live shares in the crime of its existence.	Warrior Coven (Novel) - Kill Squad: A Deathwatch Omnibus, ch. 2, pg. 202

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Ksenia Baek, Inquisitor, Ordo Hereticus	Fear not, for the wards I've placed upon your bones will preserve your soul even if the flesh is flensed from them by the horrors duty demands you face.	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 27
	Be saved, mutant, filthy as you are. Even a wretch like you can earn salvation serving the God-Emperor’s Inquisition. - directed towards a psyker	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 68
Arbitrator General Bex van Sturm	Inquisitors? They’re sneaky bastards. Useful, yes, even necessary, but I wouldn’t buy a used aircar from any of them.	For the Emperor (Novel) - Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium (Omnibus), ch. 8, pg. 133
Inquisitor Brand	Of creations most foul I beheld the Lord of All and knew that I was dead. - from Recollections of Inquisitor Brand, Chapter 87	Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition), pg. 18; Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Inquisitor Havelock Brundsted	Turning the weapons of the enemy against him is, of course, of grave danger to one’s soul. It is nonetheless a satisfying thing to see.	Dark Heresy: Daemon Hunter, pg. 66

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Ciaphas Cain, Commissar	I'm sure most of the men in the galaxy are familiar with the sinking feeling that accompanies the words "Do you think you could do me a little favour, darling?", but when the woman asking the question is an inquisitor it's even less wise than usual to say "No".	Duty Calls (Novel) - Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium (Omnibus), ch. 6, pg. 303
Carrhe, Second Voice of the Silent, Explicator	It’s true that the stain of ruinous knowledge can weigh heavy on a woman, but upholding His word and law will always be its own reward.	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 58
Arnaut Cisneros, Interrogator	Heed my warning, Acolyte. The Imperial Creed teaches us that xenos are foul and corruptive beings, and that is true. But as servants of the Inquisition, we must stand as examples of utmost purity and unwavering devotion. You will be punished for showing any shred of leniency. You will be cleansed for showing any notion of corruption. How do you think Inquisitor Serranus lost his arm? He did that to himself.	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 54
Torquemada Coteaz, Inquisitor Lord	There are those amongst our Ordo who say that I seek advancement for my own purposes, and they are correct. My purpose is to destroy the daemonic and if I must rise to command an entire sector to do so, then so be it. I am a servant of the Emperor and only those who consort with Warp-spawn need fear my ambition.	Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition), pg. 56
Brother-Captain Cynewolf of the Deathwatch	The ethics of booklearning and scholarship I leave to the savants. But for what it's worth, I would have burned it without a second thought. – on the Necroteuch affair	Xenos (Novel), ch. Twenty-One
Inquisitor Czevak	You are not free whose liberty is won by the rigour of other, more righteous souls. You are merely protected. Your freedom is parasitic; you take and offer nothing in return. You who have enjoyed freedom, who have done nothing to earn it, your time has come. –Inquisitor Czevak’s address to the Inquisitional council of Ryanti	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 20

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Inquisitor Titus Drake	Things are very seldom what they seem. In my experience, they’re usually a damn sight worse.	For the Emperor (Novel) - Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium (Omnibus), ch. 9, pg. 155
Jerran Dynaskus, Interrogator serving Lord Inquisitor Dezah	Scour every rat hole, pressure every official, root out every weakness, and twist until they scream the confession we need. Xendenarius, I want the city’s cogitator-screed picked clean. Ghreen, see what skulls you can crack among the Enforcers. Skharen, go and play with the syndicates, cartels, and gutter crews that the worshipful adepts tells us do not exist — see what truths your skin-peeler can elicit. We must miss nothing. Our master demands as much, and his patience has limits.	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 119

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn	I am forty-two standard years old, in my prime by Imperial standards, young by those of the Inquisition. All my life, I have had a reputation for being cold, unfeeling. Some have called me heartless, ruthless, even cruel. I am not. I am not beyond emotional response or compassion. But I possess - and my masters count this as perhaps my paramount virtue - a singular force of will. Throughout my career it has served me well to draw on this facility and steel myself, unflinching, at all that this wretched galaxy can throw at me. To feel pain or fear or grief is to allow myself a luxury I cannot afford.	Xenos (Novel), ch. One
	I'm excusing a lot because I recognize the trauma and the loss you have suffered. But my patience isn't limitless... unlike my authority.	Xenos (Novel), ch. Three
	I'm an inquisitor. I do not get angry.	Xenos (Novel), ch. Three
	- Who do you work for? - The Emperor. - Then imagine I'm Him and you won't be far wrong.	Xenos (Novel), ch. Three
	My lord, what foetid corner of the Imperium breeds these fawning idiots? Now you really owe me.	Hereticus (Novel), Prologue
	The guilty and the polluted fight. They deny. They struggle. In my lifetime, I have brought down nine marked Diabolus. None went quietly.	Malleus (Novel), ch. Sixteen
The Book of Exorcisms, the Verses of Inquisitor Enoch	We are at War with forces too terrible to comprehend. We cannot afford mercy for any of its victims too weak to take the correct course. Mercy destroys us; it weakens us and saps our resolve. Put aside all such thoughts. They are not worthy of Inquisitors in the service of Our Emperor. Praise His name for in our resolve we only reflect his purpose of will.	Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness, pg. 220
Caecilius Elbegdorj, Interrogator	You think you know heresy? You think the warnings of the Ministorum, the edicts screeched from habway Lex hailers encompass the whole bounds of the law, and that the heretic merely exists beyond these strictures? There are laws so natural, so innate, that no good citizen of the Imperium could comprehend what it is to break them. The Heretic is an unnatural thing, a beast as foul as any mutant or xenos. To slay them is a mercy to be delivered without sentiment, without hesitation, and without doubt.	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 50

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Thraviam Flast, Inquisitor of the Ordo Malleus	I carry with me an Inquisitorial Seal. It is a small, unassuming object contained in a neat box of Pluvian obsidian. It is a modest thing. Relatively plain, adorned with a single motif and a simple motto. Yet with this little object I can sign the death warrant of an entire world and consign a billion souls to Oblivion.	Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition), pg. 21 Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 20

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Pontius Glaw	Your daily work brings you closer and closer to the warp, increases your understanding of orderless powers. Gradually, without noticing it, even the most puritanical and rod-stiff inquisitor becomes seduced... The first step is the knowledge. An inquisitor must understand the basic traits of Chaos in order to fight it. In a few years, he knows more about the warp than most untutored cultists. Then the second step: the moment he breaks the rules and allows some aspect of Chaos to survive or remain so that he can study it and learn from it... The third step... the third step is the line itself. When the inquisitor becomes a radical. When he chooses to use Chaos against Chaos. When he employs the agencies of the warp. When he asks the heretical for help... So... are you going to ask me to help you?	Malleus (Novel) ch. Twenty
Lord Hephaestos Grudd	The daemonic are without number, and their legions span the galaxy. But faith does not tire. Should it take us an eternity, the Ordo Malleus will find and exterminate them all.	Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition), pg. 17
	Look upon this hammer I hold before me, for it is far more than a weapon. It is a symbol of the Imperial justice that smites the diabolic enemies of the Imperium wherever they are found, just as I. Though it has banished even a mighty Greater Daemon to the hell from which it was spawned, it remains true and pure, just as I. Furthermore, it is a symbol of my order and my office, of the authority granted to me by the divine will of the Emperor. By that authority, I am commanding you and your entire regiment to obey me without question or hesitation. Advance, or it will not be daemonic blood that stains my hammer this day. - addressing Colonel Molian of the 223rd Gudrunrite Rifles	Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition), pg. 22

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Speaker	Quote	Source	Notes
Inquisitor Aegidius Halikarn, Ordo Hereticus	The soul of the Imperium teeters on the edge of damnation. Our role is not only to prevent its fall, but to ensure that the blessedly ignorant masses never learn just how close we have come to failure.	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 8
	Assume nothing - no writ no warrant, no seal, save my own - is truly valid. The heretic hides behind the titles and honours of the Imperium just as surely as they lurk among the wretched and the malcontent.	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 26
Inquisitor Historical Galbus Heer	You must face the truth squarely and without flinching from duty. Our Enemies are mortal no longer. Mercy for such as they is a chimera, self-deception is its only ally. Dedicate this weapon, given unto your hand at the behest of the Emperor, to their destruction. Regard its function as your only duty: you live only to bring cleansing fire. Take up your rod and staff, your armour and psycannon, and go forth. - from Lectures to the Ordo	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 8
Inquisitor Horst	Admiral Spire, it is said that heresy is like a tree. It's roots lie in darkness while it's leaves wave in the sun. You can prune away its branches, even cut the tree to the ground but it will grow again, ever stronger. Such is the nature of heresy and why it is so difficult to destroy. Some may question my right to destroy a world of ten billion souls, but those who understand realize I have no right to let them live. No sacrifice is too great; no treachery too small. - In conversation with Admiral Spire	Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Video Game)	Partial quotation also found in Exterminatus Extremis

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Issad, Brother-Captain of the Grey Knights	As my battle-brothers are clad in armour of Truesilver, so shall they ride to war in gleaming chariots, protected against all harm until the moment of battle is come. - at the Inquisitorial Conclave of Coriolanthe	Imperial Armour Volume Two (Second Edition), pg. 204

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Inquisitor Lord Fyodor Karamazov	There is no such thing as a plea of innocence in my court. A plea of innocence is guilty of wasting my time. Guilty.	Codex: Witch Hunters (3rd Edition), pg. 45
Josef Karta, Acolyte	I was a farmer for most of my life. We didn’t know the xenos were already living among us. I was forced to take up arms against the invasion when the war began. I needed to learn all I could about them to lead the fight; I had no choice. When the Inquisitor came and purged the xenos from our land, they spared my mind from being purged too, said I knew the enemy too well, and that my fight continues elsewhere...	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 10
Inquisitor Kartize, Ordo Xenos	There is no end to the abomination of the alien. Do not allow any guise of sentience to stay your hand – there can be no hesitation when the survival of humanity as a species is at stake.	Fantasy Flight Games - Teaser to "Enemies Without", Supplement to Dark Heresy Second Edition, (last accessed 9 August 2015)
Khyron, First Grand Master of the Eighth Brotherhood	Already, you exalt me for my triumphs, When I ask only that you remember me for my treacheries Victory is nothing more than survival. It carries no weight of honour or worth beyond what we ascribe to it. If you wish to grow wise, learn why brothers betray brothers.	The Emperor's Gift (Novel), ch. Twelve, pg. 153
Lord Inquisitor Fidus Kryptman	One cannot consider the fate of a single man, nor ten, nor a hundred, nor a thousand. Billions will live or die by our actions here, and we have not the luxury to count the cost. - Inquisitor Kryptmann (presumably Kryptman)	Apocalypse, pg. 12
	We are neither spies, soldiers, nor enforcers, yet we are all these at once. We are whatever the Imperium needs us to be. We alone know the horrors that await Mankind should the Imperium fall, so we alone are willing to do whatever it takes to prevent it. Whatever that makes us.	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 5

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Tarn Laggarian, Confessor	One world. Nineteen days. A hundred damned souls absolved in death by my hand.	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 59
Lias du Ortise, Inquisitor , Ordo Malleus	They are beyond comprehension, beyond mortal flesh, beyond even time and mortality. They are beyond many things, but never my hate!	FFG Site Teaser for Enemy Beyond Supplement for Dark Heresy Second Edition - (last accessed 16 October 2015)
Lichtenstein, Inquisitor, declared Excommunicate Traitoris 998.M41	Do not presume to judge me or the methods I choose to employ, petty-minded fool. You cannot comprehend the magnitude of the task I have undertaken nor the consequences of my failure.	Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition), pg. 24
Loffengar, Inquisitor, Ordo Xenos	If you can confront the xenos, look upon the xenos, even think upon the xenos, without revulsion, then you are as damned as they.	FFG Site Teaser for Enemy Without Supplement for Dark Heresy Second Edition (last accessed 11 October 2015)

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Mabuse, Inquisitor, Ordo Malleus	Lady, I advise you to run away now. Right now. Do as the brother-sergeant instructs you. Why? Why?! (He displays his rosette) That's why. (She runs away, wailing) - Exchange with the Princess Royal of Cartomax, who had been attempting to issue orders to Damocles Squad	Brothers of the Snake (Novel), Part Six-V, pg. 181
Malcador the Sigillite	You are Astartes indeed, and that will never alter. But you are a Death Guard no longer. You are a ghost, a figure that stands between light and dark, trapped amid the grey. And I have need of such a man. - to Battle-Captain Garro	Garro: Oath of Moment (Audio Book), Track 5: Flashback
	Those who can overcome the pride born of conquest, who can temper glory with modesty, fashion shields against the blades of those who seek to bring them low. Those who let pride blind them instead find humility only upon their death bed, when it is already far too late. - automemorials of Malcador the Hero	War Zone Damocles: Kauyon, pg. 63
	In this age of darkness, only one thing is certain. Each of us, without exception, must choose a side.	Vulkan Lives (Novel), Chapter Seven
Inquisitor Malden	You get more with a kind word and an Excruciator than with just a kind word.[Note 1]	For the Emperor (Novel) - Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium (Omnibus), ch. 2, pg. 47
Inquisitor Malich	Though Mankind is at the brink of this great apotheosis, you must be ever vigilant for the stillborn harbingers of this change. Where you seek the pure and strong, there too will you find the impure and weak. Where you find but one worthy of life, you will also find a million twisted, deformed monstrosities for whom death by your hand is a mercy. Therefore, look first for the mutant, for he may never hide his sin from you, and in his midst there will be revealed to you that which you seek. But be ever vigilant, for even should you find one with the gift, only one in a thousand psykers will be strong enough to resist the perils of the Empyrean and be allowed to live. - from Admonitions on the Duties of the Witch Finder (suppressed M38)	Codex: Witch Hunters (3rd Edition), pg. 9
Grand Master Mandulis of the Grey Knights	Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of the daemon, I shall fear nothing. For I am what the daemon fears.	Dark Adeptus (Novel), ch. Twenty
Xerxes Melnyk, Interrogator serving Inquisitor Ksenia Baek	That reverence you hold for the Emperor, the stuff you’ve been taught since you were a kid? Treat the Inquisitor just the same. They are an extension of His Will. Inquisitor says jump, you say, ‘off what spire?’. Inquisitor says purge, you use tooth and nail if that’s all you’ve got. Inquisitor says die; you run headfirst into whatever monstrous thing is staring back at you.	align=center|Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 11
	Throne damn these wretches! Mortis, they’ve got your name and description on the vox. Castella, manufacture him a new cover story and a disguise before the worship ceremony at the Cathedrum — the circumstantial evidence is pointing towards Deacon Tzarelle, but whoever these “Shifting Eye” heretics are, they’ll go to ground if we aren’t careful. Take your weapons and your seal, but by the Emperor’s Teeth, keep them concealed.	align=center|Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 120

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Neve, Inquisitor-General	The place breeds recidivists like a pond breeds scum. – on Chaos Cult activity on Cadia	Malleus (Novel), ch. Twelve
Galan Noirgrim, Master of the Ordo Malleus	Heresy is like a tree, its roots lie in the darkness whilst its leaves wave in the sun and to those who suspect nought, it has an attractive and pleasing appearance. Truly, you can prune away its branches, or even cut the tree to the ground, but it will grow up again ever the stronger and ever more comely. Yet all awhile the root grows thick and black, gnawing at the bitter soil, drawing its nourishment from the darkness, and growing even greater and more deeply entrenched. Such is the nature of heresy, and this is why it is so hard to destroy, for it must be eradicated leaf, branch, trunk and root. It must be exorcised utterly or it will return all the stronger, time and time again, until it is too great to destroy. Then we are doomed. - Prelude to The Abominatus	Warhammer 40,000: Wargear, pg. 55
	Now the past must unveil one of its darkest secrets, the story of the Plague of Unbelief and its most heinous vector Bucharis the Apostate Cardinal of Gathalamor. Never has the Imperium endured such a crisis of faith, not since the dark days of the Horus Heresy itself. – The Abominatus	Warhammer 40,000: Wargear, pg. 63

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Grand Master Osma of the Ordos Helican	Gregor Eisenhorn, in fealty to the God-Emperor, our undying lord, and by the grace of the Golden Throne, in the name of the Ordo Malleus and the Inquisition, I call thee diabolis, and in the testimony of thy crimes, I submit this carta. May imperial justice account in all balance. The Emperor protects.	Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition), pg. 10

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Inquisitor Gregorina Praxia of the Ordo Hereticus	Governor, let me speak plainly. The hero of the Battox Sector campaign lends me his armies freely. I am allied with the Arbitrators of a dozen sub-sectors. Adepta Sororitas Canonesses Superior speak my name in praise and offer me aid without my asking. You rule a backwater that barely avoids economic collapse. And yet, you refuse my demands? I invite you to reconsider. — Inquisitor Baran Patahbo in council with Governor Nahasi of Sha’ol — pre-emergence of the Great Rift	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 121
Inquisitor Gregorina Praxia of the Ordo Hereticus	The ignorant consider the Imperium Sanctus safe. To them I say look upon the Nephilim Sector. Once a bastion of Imperial order, now it is the Pariah Nexus—a somber graveyard presided over by soulless Necrons who see humanity only as a verminous infestation to be eradicated.	Imperium 15

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Inquisitor Quixos	My enemy’s enemy is a problem for later: In the meantime, they might be useful. – attributed	For the Emperor (Novel) - Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium (Omnibus), ch. 12, pg. 201

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Inquisitor Gideon Ravenor	Chaos claims the unwary or the incomplete. A true man may flinch away its embrace, if he is stalwart, and he girds his soul with the armour of contempt. - from The Spheres of Longing	The Armour of Contempt, pg. 3
Caspiel Rex, Inquisitor	This is the Emperor’s planet, the Emperor’s Throne damn you. You want it, you traitor pigs? Come take it from us! - on Venta Secundus	Strategy Cards for Planetary Empires expansion game, card Hold At All Costs - Minor Stratagem", (saved archive page, dated February 2011, last accessed 6 October 2015)
Inquisitor Alis Ruad, Ordo Hereticus, (possibly Ordo Malleus)	Acolyte, I gave you no more of a stern warning than your fellows. My Rosette is not a child’s toy nor a ticket to be brazenly waved for passage. Though your actions saved Hive Sepkos for now, you have abused the authority I presented you. You will submit for re-indoctrination immediately or be hunted and executed by your peers. Conduct yourself properly, for once. - Note attached to Reindoctrincation Order KL8934-M2d	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 11
	I have clashed with creatures the sight of which would sear your soul to the core. I have bested horrors that chill with a gaze and tempt unreasoning terror. I have faced death eye to eye and blade to blade. I have stared into the eyes of insanity and met their all-consuming stare. I have done all this for you, for your protection, and to guarantee a future for Humanity. You dare, you who cowers, quivering in the safety of your glittering hive, to question me!?	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 14

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Damien Savantas, Interrogator, Ordo Hereticus	Get yourself together before the Inquisitor gets a look at you. Lesson number one: fear her just as much as you would your enemies. She’ll throw you out the airlock if you’re not presentable for her court.	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 28
	Look upon this hammer I hold before me, it is far more than a weapon. It is a symbol of the Imperial Justice that smites the diabolic enemies of the Imperium. It is a symbol of my Holy Order and my office, of the authority granted to me by the God-Emperor and the great Inquisitor Ruad. Obey me without question, or it will also symbolise your punishment.	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 52
Konstan Serranus, Inquisitor, Ordo Xenos	Flame, bolt, and blade - all are but tools. Your true weapon against the xenos is contempt. Let it fester in your heart, let it strengthen your will, and their wiles will not assail you.	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 28
	The darkest hour has come. Lothos, go to the fleet commander and have them blockade the planet – no one gets off this rock until the last foul xenos has been purged from the surface. Skarr, rally the Ministorum to gather and safeguard the people and tell that damned Magos to shut down their manufactorum. Karpath, ascend the spire and take control of the planetary relay, kill the chatter. I will remain on the flagship — know that the Deathwatch are coming. Do not fail me. — Encoded Missive from Inquisitor Konstan Serranus to his acolytes	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 122
Qualtak Shoran, Inquisitor	The creatures of the Warp have but one trait with which you need concern yourself - their undying contempt for the Emperor. It is your task to quell the rebellion they preach, and the only sure way is to destroy them utterly. - attributed	White Dwarf 114 (UK), pg. 11; Warhammer 40,000 Compendium, pg.5
Sliff, Trackless Chain Routerunner, Cruciator	A doc’s hands can help or hurt, easy as anything. All comes down to who’s holding the leash.	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 57
Peytr Strolke, Acolyte	Disregard the gaps you feel in your memory – know that you have seen too much, and removal was necessary. The [REDACTED] completed their mission on [REDACTED]; the [REDACTED] threat led by [REDACTED] were effectively purged by their supreme will. But take heed; perhaps we overshot our ambitions this time. - Message from Acolyte Peytr Strolke, Sent to Acolyte Peytr Strolke.	align=center|Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 16

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Eskender Thracius, Ordo Xenos Inquisitor, declared Excommunicate Traitoris	And yet you accuse me of being a madman, you who have never had your sanity tested so sorely. What right have you to call me heretic and blasphemer, who have not heard the whisper of the dark gods in your ear? You are weak. Vulnerable. Human in your frailty. I am strong, and yet you still judge me for my sins, thou who art most sinful to the heart? Every scholam child knows, “Only the insane have strength enough to prosper: only those who prosper truly judge what is sane".	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 6
Inquisitor Atellus Thrax	Trust in the God-Emperor. But trust your blade, too.	Dark Heresy: Daemon Hunter, pg. 66

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos	Even if you could take us both, and I sincerely doubt that, I've lost count of the number of people I've met who thought they could outrun the Inquisition. But you might as well give it a try if you really want to. After all, there's a first time for everything. - on Gravalax	For the Emperor (Novel) - Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium (Omnibus), ch. 10, pg. 172
	So there it is: unimaginably ancient Xenos artefact somewhere on the planet in the hands of a renegade, the hive fleet poised above our heads ready to rip this world apart, hidden 'stealer broods everywhere making an early start on their behalf, and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were getting bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas. - on Periremunda	Duty Calls (Novel) - Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium (Omnibus), ch. 11, pg. 345
	Some Inquisitors believe the Emperor’s work is best done by charging around the place like a grox in a ceramic emporium, leaving a trail of carnage and destruction in their wake, while others prefer not to let the enemies of all that’s good and holy get clean away by making it blindingly obvious they’re coming for them. - commenting on Ciaphas Cain's speculation that she enjoys elaborate disguises and cover stories for their own sake rather than for stealth	Duty Calls (Novel) - Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium (Omnibus), ch. 12, pg. 349, fn. 1
Interrogator Caprice Valentino	Why should you help me, General? In five years’ time, I’ll be an Inquisitor, and you won’t.	Wrath & Glory: Forsaken System, pg. 118
Shahin Vane, Acolyte, Ordo Hereticus	May foul blood feed my blade this night.	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 56
Lord Varlak	Curses! Just when you've finally managed to bring the whole world under your evil influence some pathetic little Inquisitor goes whining off to the Adeptus Terra about rogue psykers and daemonic possession. I mean, do I look possessed? Well, do I? DO I??? - Personal log of Lord Varlak, 995.M41 during the Purging of Korsk II	Codex: Witch Hunters (3rd Edition), pg. 40

Unattributed

Quote	Notes/Context	Source
By this oath, I pledge to stand by thee, against traitor, beast, or fiend, for only in death does my duty end.	Retinue Oath	Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 - Bastion Protector
Your objections are irrelevant; I am an Inquisitor, and I answer to none save the Emperor of Mankind. Regarding my methods, He seems content to remain silent.	Inquisitor [NAMES REDACTED, SEE CASE ID #3421-G3/Delta-48F3 ‘Vitezovich’]	Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide, pg. 24

Trivia

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Note 1

Possibly a reference to gangster Al Capone who is quoted to have said: "You can get more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word."