1st German : Who... What are you?Erik Lehnsherr : Let's just say I'm Frankenstein's monster. And I'm looking for my creator.
Read more Erik Lensherr QuotesFrom: X-Men: First Class (2011)
Raven Darkholme : We have to call him, Havok. That's his name now. And we were thinking...Raven Darkholme : ...you should be Professor X...Raven Darkholme : ...and you should be Magneto.Erik Lehnsherr : Exceptional.
Erik Lehnsherr : I know we've had our differences.Emma Frost : Where's your telepath friend?Erik Lehnsherr : Gone. Left a bit of a gap in my life, if I'm to be honest. I was rather hoping you would fill it. Join us.Emma Frost : Erik, I believe.Erik Lehnsherr : I prefer Magneto.
Professor Charles Xavier : Shaw's declared war on mankind on all of us, he has to be stopped.Erik Lehnsherr : I am not gonna stop Shaw, I am gonna kill him. Do you have it in you to allow that?Erik Lehnsherr : You known all along why I was here Charles, but things have changed. What started as a covert of mission, tomorrow mankind will know mutants exist. Shaw, us, they won't differentiate. They'll fear us. And that fear will turn to hatred.Professor Charles Xavier : Not if we stop a war, not if we can prevent Shaw, not if we risk our lives doing so.Erik Lehnsherr : Would they do the same for us?Professor Charles Xavier : We have it in us to be the better man.Erik Lehnsherr : We already are! We are the next stage of human evolution, you said it yourself...Professor Charles Xavier : No, no...Erik Lehnsherr : Are you really so naive as to think that they won't battle their own extinction? Or is it arrogance?Professor Charles Xavier : I am sorry.Erik Lehnsherr : After tomorrow, they are gonna turn on us. But you are blinded because you believe they are all like Moira.Professor Charles Xavier : And you believe they are all like Shaw.Professor Charles Xavier : Listen to me very carefully, my friend: killing Shaw will not bring you peace.Erik Lehnsherr : Peace was never an option.