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Adeptus Arbites Quotes
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This article collects all quotes made by, or about, the Adeptus Arbites. The quotes themselves are organized in an Alphabetical order using the authors name. Quotes from an unnamed author are at the beginning of the list.
| Alphabetical order | author | quote | source |
| To be just, our law must be cruel. | Crossfire (Novel), page 189 | ||
| Praise the Emperor! The Emperor's word is the Law, and the Arbites are the voice by which that word is spoken! | Crossfire (Novel), page 185 | ||
| To stand upon the bedrock of the Law is our great duty. To presume to stand above it is our worst heresy. | Crossfire (Novel), page 188 | ||
| Promise of the Pax Imperialis | No servant of the Emperor dies unavenged. No enemy of the Emperor escapes unpunished! | Eternal Damnation (Graphic Novel), short-story Testament | |
| Codex Arbites - the Commandments of Justice | We determine the guilty. We decide the punishment. | Codex Imperialis | |
| Familiar old precinct-house joke of the Adeptus Arbites | Remember that it is the duty of the mighty Adeptus Astartes Chapters and the glorious Imperial Guard to wage the Emperor's wars and the duty of the fearless Imperial Navy to guard the Emperor's spaceways, but it is to his loyal servants the Adeptus Arbites that His Divine Majesty in His infinite wisdom entrusts the most sacred duty of all -
Keeping in check the lawless heretic rabble that passes itself off as the Emperor's worthy subjects. | Execution Hour (Novel), page 73 - 74 | |
| oath sworn by cadets of the Adeptus Arbites | To serve the Emperor. To protect His domains. To judge and stand guard over His subjects. To carry the Emperor's law to all worlds under His blessed protection. To pursue and punish those who trespassed against His word. | Execution Hour (Novel), page 80 | |
| L | Decree of Judge Lemog, Hive Fal-sha, Sheldton's World, before the Sector 17 Massacre | The violators of the Emperor's law must be punished… how dare they question His will, His judgement… if their deeds go unchecked then chaos will surely rein… I have no choice but to sentence the offenders to death, effective immediately and without appeal… you have your orders gentlemen, may the Emperor's blessing go with you. | |
| T | Judge Traggat, Selected Sayings, Vol. III, Chapter IV | Claims of innocence mean nothing; they serve only to prove a foolish lack of caution | Codex Imperialis |
| V | Vorkas Zolowski on the Adeptus Arbites prior to his arrest for pernicious sedition against the Emperor of mankind | They live there in that great plascrete tower surrounded by walls and razor wire, only emerging to seize some unfortunate who has transgressed against the Imperial Laws or to patrol the city to prove that it belongs to them. There are crystal lenses and sound wave detectors on that tower that can watch citizens and listen to their conversations 100 leagues away, Imperial spy satellites watch what they can't see directly and even the Governor fears them. They aren't from here and have nothing to do with us, no more than Orks or Eldar, if they have families or children we don't know about them and we don't care. They wouldn't so much as buy a glowbulb from us and we would not sell it to them. It's ironic that they have the rather benevolent title of Arbitrators. | White Dwarf article on Arbites squads |
