cptsteven:

I never asked – never wanted – to be Captain America. But that mask, those stars and stripes, that shield…they change you. I can see now the burden that Steve’s always carried. And it feels strange to admit I want that burden back… But underneath it all, what I really know is…I want to deserve it…somehow.

– James Buchanan Barnes (Earth-616)

iron-gauntlet:

“How does one man assert his power over another? [….]
By making him suffer. Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own?”

                                                                                                     —  George Orwell, 1984