"Come with me if you want to live" remains one of the most iconic catchphrases in the entire Terminator franchise. When it comes to famous quotes from the Terminator series, the first line that tends to spring to mind is "I'll be back," which has almost always been said by Arnold Schwarzenegger's T-800 models. If there's a runner-up though, it's definitely "Come with me if you want to live," which was first said by Kyle Reese to Sarah Connor in the original Terminator movie directed by James Cameron.
Over the course of the five Terminator movies made since - as well as the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles TV show - "Come with me if you want to live" has been said by many different characters. This makes sense, since Kyle, at least the original version played by Michael Biehn, didn't survive his battle with the T-800. That opened up Kyle's immortal line to be uttered by others, both machine and human, always as a signal that the being saying it can be trusted to protect who they're speaking to.
"Come with me if you want to live" has essentially become a hallmark phrase of human resistance, even if it's sometimes said by Terminators that the humans have reprogrammed to do good. It remains to be seen if this line will be said again in an eventual Terminator 7, but it already has a long legacy regardless. Here's every character who's uttered the words "Come with me if you want to live" in a Terminator movie or show.
Kyle Reese
As mentioned previously, Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) was the first to say the line "Come with me if you want to live" in 1984's original Terminator movie. Reese, who's sent back in time to protect Sarah Connor, saves her from an attempted attack by the T-800 at the Tech Noir nightclub, and then extends his hand to her while saying the catchphrase in question. A younger Kyle Reese, played by the late Anton Yelchin, actually says the line as well, after saving Marcus Wright in 2009's Terminator Salvation. A third, ghostly take on Kyle (played by Jonathan Jackson) also says "Come with me if you want to live" to Sarah during "The Good Wound" episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
The T-800
1991's celebrated sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day flipped the original on its head, with Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to play a T-800 tasked with protecting John Connor from the T-1000. Partway through the film, John demands the T-800 assist him in rescuing Sarah from the Pescadero State Hospital, and upon seeing the machine, Sarah is understandably scared to death. That's until John appears,and the T-800 says "Come with me if you want to live" to Sarah, evoking what Kyle had said to her previously. The T-800 also says the line to John as part of the now-discontinued Universal Studios theme park attraction Terminator 2 3D: Battle Across Time, which served as a James Cameron-sanctioned canon sequel until a proper Terminator 3 movie was finally made in 2003.
John Connor
Considering how John Connor was, up until his sudden death in Terminator: Dark Fate, the person the Terminator franchise revolved around, it makes sense that he'd eventually get to utter the words "Come with me if you want to live." However, while he never actually uttered the famous phrase, he did come close. After John (Nick Stahl) and the T-800 save his future wife Kate Brewster from the T-X in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, John extends his hand to her from their car and says "Get in! D'you wanna live?! Come on!" While not exact, it's quite close to the usual line, and is the only thing close to it in Terminator 3, so it's clearly meant to work as a stand-in. Thankfully, Kate does indeed go with John and his cyborg pal.
Cameron Phillips
The only Terminator to receive a proper human name in the franchise, Cameron Phillips (Summer Glau) was sent back to protect John Connor during his teenage years, as seen in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Cameron is a newly advanced model, and is the most capable yet of blending in with humans, actually fooling John into believing she was a normal classmate until the time came to reveal herself. That happened when a Terminator called Cromartie arrived to target John at school, leading Cameron to run the villain over with a truck, then say to John "Come with me if you want to live." Sadly, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was canceled before John and Cameron's story could be properly resolved.
Sarah Connor
It took a bit longer than one might have expected for Sarah Connor, the matriarch of the Terminator franchise, to get to say "Come with me if you want to live" to someone. Even more surprising is that when it finally happened, it wasn't Linda Hamilton's Sarah doing the honors. Instead, the 2015 time-traveling reboot attempt Terminator Genisys saw Emilia Clarke's alternate, younger version of Sarah say the famous line, this time after saving Kyle Reese from a T-1000. That's of course an inversion of the original scene where Kyle says it after saving Sarah in the first Terminator movie. Sadly, Hamilton's Sarah never did get to say the catchphrase she was the first to hear, although she did get to say "I'll be back" in Terminator: Dark Fate.
Grace Harper
The most recent instance of "Come with me if you want to live" - or at least a very similar line - in the Terminator franchise came in 2019's Dark Fate, this time said by cybernetically augmented resistance soldier Grace Harper (Mackenzie Davis). Grace was sent back in time to protect Dani Ramos, the young woman who essentially became the new John Connor after John himself was killed, and was destined to lead humanity to victory against Skynet's descendant Legion. While Grace didn't say the exact line, after she saved Dani from the Rev-9, she told her "You come with me or you're dead in the next 30 seconds. Come on!", which like John's line in Terminator 3 was clearly meant to be a stand-in for "Come with me if you want to live". Grace did indeed save Dani in the end, keeping the catchphrase's legacy of success in Terminator movies intact.