Olivia: I do not kill. Not anymore.
Mellie: 418,000 Americans died in World War II. Heroes. There is such a thing as a just war. And we are in the middle of one.

I am the commander in chief of the Armed Forces. I kill every day with drones in far-off villages with the choices I make about how many troops to send to keep the peace, which countries get aid from my government. People die on my watch every day. All of them more innocent than Cyrus Rutherford Beene.

Mellie

Olivia: You want to kill Cyrus Beene?
Mellie: I want you to handle this, yes. I would do it myself, but we both know that's not a possibility.

I need you to do something for me. Be my command again. Kill Cyrus Beene.

Mellie

Scandal Season 7 Episode 16 Quotes

I need you to do something for me. Be my command again. Kill Cyrus Beene.

Mellie

Olivia: You want to kill Cyrus Beene?
Mellie: I want you to handle this, yes. I would do it myself, but we both know that's not a possibility.