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My Top Ten Favorite Wonder Woman Quotes of All Time:

10. "Of all people, you know who I am...who the world needs me to be. I'm Wonder Woman." -INFINITE CRISIS #1

9. "If it means interfering in an ensconced, outdated system, to help just one woman, man or child...I'm willing to accept the consequences." -WONDER WOMAN #170

8. "And if you know nothing of Athena, know this...her champions would die a thousand times to save but one mortal life." -WONDER WOMAN #210

7. "Peace is a virtue. A state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence and justice. It is not simply the absence of war." -WONDER WOMAN #199

6. "Please take my hand. I give it to you as a gesture of friendship and love, and of faith freely given. I give you my hand and welcome you into my dream." -WONDER WOMAN #167

5. "Picus refused you. Glaucus refused you. Odysseus refused you. Telemachus ran off with your son, denied you because you're a hateful witch who didn't deserve their love. Lex Luthor denied you and the Cheetah will no doubt abandon you, because you've tortured and frightened and tried to destroy anyone who's ever loved you." -WONDER WOMAN #176

4. "If the prospect of living in a world where trying to respect the basic rights of those around you--and valuing each other simply because we exist--are such daunting, impossible tasks that only a super-hero born of royalty can address them...then what sort of world are we left with? And what sort of world do you want to live in?" -WONDER WOMAN #170

3. "Do you think Kal could act as Superman if he didn't come from the world he did, or appear as he does? If he looked like J'Onn J'Onzz or even Steel? The luxuries of his gender and his upbringing shape him as the ultimate creature of privilege. But Kal is a hero because he uses everything he's been given to make the world the best place it can be. I can't help where I'm from, Lois. And I won't apologize for it. I can only continue to be the best person, the best Amazon, I can be." -WONDER WOMAN #170

2. "You mistake Light for human, and he's not. He's a monster. If what he did to Sue didn't prove it, his sadism and his delight at the promise of causing more pain surely did. And when you cannot redeem or cage the monster, when you cannot remove its claws, you do what you must. You slay it." -ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #636

1. "What was it that John Lennon said? 'Love is the flower you've got to let grow.' Let it grow already, and quit trying to legislate it!" -WONDER WOMAN #200