Colonel
My job isn't to believe or believe. It is to act or not act!
3rd most-quoted character in Akira (1988): in 6 of its 25 quotes
A line from ColonelEnough! Open up your eyes and look at the big picture; you're all puppets of broken politicians and capitalists. Don't you understand, it's utterly pointless to fight each other.
More lines from Colonel
4 quotes
Colonel
Scientists are a bunch of idiots. Police men always consider the tents first.
Colonel
Look at what they have in their panic, they were afraid! They were too scared, so they hided it away from the public. They forgot all courage and honor, cast off the freedom and learning we had made, and close the lid of the Pandora's Box they themselves had opened!
Colonel
The passion to build has cooled, and the joy of construction has forgotten. Now, it's just a stupid made up of a bunch of suckling fools!
Scenes with Colonel
1 scene
Colonel
Is it safe, Doctor?
Doctor
I will take care of it.
Colonel
No! I wasn’t talking about the girl at all! I’m asking if he turns out to reach a power like him... Are you positive that you are be able to control such a power?
Doctor
Um, well... that's a...
Colonel
Can I leave this in your face?
Doctor
Um, well, then, in my opinion, if we can use the latest examination equipment to collect even more data, and also do a multi-faced analysis as we go, then surely...
Colonel
But maybe we weren’t meant to needle... With that ultimate power.
Doctor
You mean... tThe power of a Akira?
Colonel
But we have no choice, but to grasp that power. Stop that power, and learn to control it. And if this situation gets out of hand, then he’s to be terminated... And without hesitation!
Doctor
Yes... Colonel.