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Different values Quote by Donquixote Doflamingo

“Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and what's right! This very place is neutral…” quote by Donquixote Doflamingo
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““Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and what's right! This very place is neutral ground! Justice will prevail, you say? But of course it will! Whoever wins this war becomes justice!””

Donquixote Doflamingo

About This Quote

Source Manga: One Piece by Eiichiro Oda, Marineford arc, speech by Donquixote Doflamingo

Doflamingo argues that the labels evil and righteous depend on history and perspective, that those in power define morality, and that whoever wins a war gets to call their victory justice.

In simple terms: Victory, not truth, decides who is called just.

Key Takeaway

Question the moral labels that the powerful apply.

Themes

justice power morality history war perspective

Mood

cynical provocative sobering

Type

rhetorical philosophical villain monologue

When to use this quote

  • analyzing propaganda
  • studying how wars are remembered
  • debating moral foundations
  • evaluating media narratives
  • understanding institutional power

Key Concepts

moral relativism might makes right social construction of values narrative control

Questions to Reflect On

  • Who has defined the justice you believe in?
  • Can right and wrong survive without power behind them?
A Different Perspective

The view that victors define justice can slide into cynicism and ignore genuine moral progress and the testimony of victims.

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