Leo Gold

"We're just giving ordinary people the same chance to survive as the bureaucrats in Washington."

Leo Gold is a Special Operations Colonel for the National Secessionist Forces (NSF).

Background
Leo Gold was entrusted with the NSF's attack on Liberty Island. Although successfully accomplishing his mission, Gold and many of his men are unable to escape the island before forces blockade outgoing vessels and lay siege to its perimeter. JC Denton is tasked by UNATCO with Gold's capture.

Missions

 * Deus Ex 1st Mission: Liberty Island : JC encounters Gold at the top of the ruined Statue of Liberty. Gold does not try to kill JC, but surrenders. Depending on JC's attitude, Gold will debate the morals of UNATCO's actions, or he will become angered and pull his sidearm if threatened by JC. If captured alive, Gold is arrested by UNATCO. His ultimate fate is unknown.

Quotes

 * Consolidation
 * Leo Gold: "''Don't believe me? It's all in the numbers.  For a hundred years, there's been a conspiracy of plutocrats against ordinary people."
 * JC Denton: "Do you have a single fact to back that up?"
 * Leo Gold: "Number one: In 1945 corporations paid 50 percent of federal taxes.  Now they pay about 5 percent.  Number two:  In 1900 90 percent of Americans were self-employed; now it's about two percent."
 * JC Denton: "So?"
 * Leo Gold: "It's called consolidation. Strengthen governments and corporations, weaken individuals.  With taxes, this can be done imperceptibly over time. "
 * Trilateral commission
 * JC Denton: "I guarantee you that the interrogation staff at UNATCO will not be as forbearing as I am."
 * Leo Gold: "The entire executive branch is hand-picked. Nineteen of the last twenty-three U.S. presidents have been members of the Trilateral Commission.  The Trilateral Commission is financed by the Rockefellers and the Rothschilds.  Don't tell me --"
 * JC Denton: "That's a think-tank. Anyone can become a member."
 * Leo Gold: "But not everyone does. That's why they call it the "secret government.""
 * Random barks
 * Leo Gold: "UNATCO teaches teenagers to fight when it still seems like a game, and -- look at you! -- you're a killing machine!"
 * Leo Gold: "Who's the scary one, huh? Me or you?"
 * Leo Gold: "Do you ever ask what it's for? The surveillance, the police, the shoot-on-sight laws?  Is that freedom?"
 * Leo Gold: "You can't fight ideas with bullets."
 * Leo Gold: "The more of us you kill, the more that seccessionism lives in the hearts of the people."
 * Leo Gold: "Ever wonder why big car companies pay two percent tax while the guys on the assembly line pay forty?"