Disclaimer: Harry Potter is not mine, JK Rowling's.
~Tom Riddle~
They're all fools, especially Dumbledore; that senile old man welcomed death and look where that got him. I know that there are ways of cheating death, just like the version of me staring from the other side of the mirror. When I'm Minister of Magic, I will should them what real scum those stupid muggles are. They will never question my power again and discard me as inferior in the way my filthy muggle father did. Salazar Slytherin may not have been able to finish his work of ridding the Wizarding World, but one day, I'll finish it for him.
Author's Note: I think this could be debatable too, though I think after a certain point, the only thing that was important to Voldemort was power, and not coming from a loving family. I also think he was delusional enough to think that the mirror was not only his heart's desires but that he could make it come true.