Magneto quotes from X-Men (2000)

Magneto

Toad has a wicked tongue, Senator. Just like you.

Magneto

Are you a God-fearing man, Senator? That is such a strange phrase. I've always thought of God as a teacher - a bringer of light, wisdom, and understanding. You see, I think what you really fear is me. Me and my kind: the Brotherhood of Mutants.

Magneto

Welcome to the future... brother!

Magneto

You'll have to kill me, Charles - and what would that accomplish? Let them pass that law and they'll have you in chains with a number burned into your forehead!

Magneto

Let's just say 'God' works too slowly.

Magneto

We are the future, Charles. They no longer matter.

Magneto

Why do you ask questions to which you already know the answers?

Magneto

A bolt of lightning into a huge copper conductor? I thought you lived at a school.

Magneto

Are you a God-fearing man, Senator? It's such a strange phrase. I've always thought of God as a teacher. As a bringer of light, wisdom and understanding. You see, l think what you really are afraid of is me. Me and my kind. The brotherhood of mutants. It's not so surprising, really. Mankind has always feared what it doesn't understand. Well, don't fear God, Senator, and certainly don't fear me. Not any more.

Magneto

You must be Wolverine. That remarkable metal doesn't run through your entire body, does it?

Wolverine

What do you want with me?

Magneto

My dear boy, who ever said I wanted you?

Cyclops

Storm, fry him!

Magneto

Oh, yes! A bolt of lightning into a huge copper conductor. I thought you lived at a school.

Magneto

Doesn't it ever wake you in the middle of the night? The feeling that someday they will pass that foolish law, or one just like it, and come for you and your children?

Professor Xavier

It does, indeed.

Magneto

What do you do when you wake up to that?

Professor Xavier

I feel a great swell of pity for the poor soul who comes to that school looking for trouble.

Magneto

You homo sapiens and your guns.

Sabretooth

That's enough Eric.

Toad

Let them go.

Magneto

Why not come out where I can see you, Charles?

What do you want her for?

Magneto

Can't you read my mind? [tapping his helmet] And what now, save the girl? You'll have to kill me Charles, and what would that accomplish? Let them pass that law and they'll have you in chains with a number burned into your forehead!

It won't be that way.

Magneto

Then kill me and find out. No? Then release me.

Magneto

Fine. [magnetically fires a bullet and stops it just before it goes through a cop's head] Care to press your luck, Charles? Don't think you can stop them all.

Magneto

Magnificent, isn't she?

Rogue

I've seen it.

Magneto

I first saw her in 1949. America was going to be the land of tolerance. Of peace.

Rogue

Are you gonna kill me?

Magneto

Yes.

Rogue

Why?

Magneto

Because there is no land of tolerance. There is no peace. Not here, nor anywhere else. Women, children, whole families destroyed simply because they were born different from those in power. Well, after tonight, the world's powerful will be just like us. They will return home as brothers. As mutants. Our cause will be theirs. Your sacrifice will mean our survival. I'll understand if that comes as small consolation.

Magneto

Doesn't it ever wake you in the middle of the night? The feeling that someday they will pass that foolish law, or one just like it, and come for you and your children?

It does, indeed.

Magneto

What do you do when you wake up to that?

I feel a great swell of pity for the poor soul who comes to that school looking for trouble.

Magneto

Why do you come here, Charles?

Why do you ask questions to which you already know the answer? [motions the guard to take Xavier away.]

Magneto

Ah yes, your continuing search for hope. [pause] You know this plastic prison of theirs won't hold me forever. The war is still coming, Charles, and I intend to fight it, by any means necessary.

And I will always be there, old friend.
[Erik concedes the game, knocking over his king]