Quotes
| Spock: |
"What are you doing on Romulus?" |
| Picard: |
"That was to have been my question of you, sir." |
| Spock: |
"It is no concern of *Starfleet*." |
| Picard: |
"On the contrary, it is very much Starfleet's concern. You're in a position to compromise the security of the Federation." |
| Spock: |
"You may assure your superiors, Captain, that I am here on a personal mission of peace, and *I* will advise Starfleet when it is appropriate." |
| Picard: |
"That is not satisfactory." |
| Spock: |
"You cannot remain here, Captain Picard." |
| Picard: |
"And I will not return without a full explanation." |
| Picard: |
"Ambassador, with great respect for all that you have achieved on behalf of the Federation, this sort of...cowboy diplomacy, will not easily be tolerated anymore." |
| Spock: |
"'Cowboy diplomacy'." |
| Picard: |
"If you wish to undertake a mission with obvious repercussions for the Federation, then you should *discuss* it with the Federation. I am here as their representative. You'll have to discuss it with me." |
| Spock: |
"That is precisely what I had hoped to avoid." |
| Picard: |
"I also have the responsibility of being the bearer of unhappy news." |
| Spock: |
"Sarek. Sarek is dead." |
| Spock: |
"Walk with me, Picard." |
| Spock: |
"I know of your mind meld with my father, which enabled him to complete his last mission." |
| Picard: |
"It was an honor. He's a great man." |
| Spock: |
"He was a great representative of the Vulcan people and of the Federation." |
| Picard: |
"I was with him before coming here. He expressed his pride in you... his love." |
| Spock: |
"Emotional disarray, it was a symptom of the illness from which he suffered." |
| Picard: |
"No, those feelings came from his heart. He shared them with me, I know." |
| Spock: |
"Sarek would no more approve my coming here than you do, Picard." |
| Spock: |
"For some time now, I've been aware of a growing movement here of people who seek to learn the ideals of the Vulcan philosophy. They've been declared enemies of the state, but there are a few in the Romulan hierarchy like Pardek, who are sympathetic. *He* asked me to come now, because he believes it may be time to take the first step toward reunification." |
| Picard: |
"'Reunification'? After so many centuries? After so many fundamental differences that've evolved between your peoples?" |
| Spock: |
"It would seem unlikely to succeed, but I cannot ignore the potential rewards that a union between our two worlds would bring." |
| Picard: |
"Why would you not bring something so important to the attention to your own people? Or the Federation? |
| Spock: |
"A personal decision, Captain. Perhaps you are aware of the small role I played in the overture to peace with the Klingons." |
| Picard: |
"*History* is aware of the role you played, Ambassador." |
| Spock: |
"Not entirely. It was *I* who committed Captain Kirk to that peace mission and *I* who had to bear the responsibility for the consequences to him and to his crew. Quite simply, I am unwilling to risk anyone's life but my own on this occasion." |
| Spock: |
"So I ask that you respect my wishes and *leave*." |
| Picard: |
"Ambassador, your logic escapes me. If I didn't know better, I would say that your judgement is influenced by your emotions." |
| Spock: |
"You speak as if my father would if he were here, Picard." |
| Picard: |
"I speak as a Starfleet officer. And I cannot ignore the risks to you." |
| Spock: |
"I was involved with 'cowboy diplomacy', as you described it, long before you were born." |
| Picard: |
"Nevertheless, sir, I am not prepared to leave until your affairs are complete." |
| Spock: |
"In your own way, you are as stubborn as another captain of the Enterprise I once knew." |
| Picard: |
"Then I'm in good company, sir." |
| K'Vada: |
"We have more important things to attend to than acting as your nurse-maid!" |
| K'Vada: |
"I cannot reveal classified Klingon entry codes to Starfleet." |
| Data: |
"Your entry codes can be easily reconfigured after we depart. And Captain Picard has authorized me to share with you any information we obtain from the Romulan databanks." |
| K'Vada: |
"Mmm." |
| Data: |
"We would also need to communicate with the Enterprise in Sector 2-13." |
| K'Vada: |
"You do, and the Romulans would instantly know our cooridinates!" |
| Data: |
"Using conventional means that would be true. However, I suggest we piggyback our signal on Romulan subspace transmission." |
| K'Vada: |
"'Piggyback'?" |
| Data: |
"A human metaphor, pardon me." |
| Data: |
"We would use a Romulan signal as a carrier for our own, thus disguising its origin." |
| K'Vada: |
"It will work?" |
| Data: |
"I believe it would. During the last hour, I have conducted a systematic review of the entire Romulan subspace grid. I have compared my findings with the specifications of your own transmission array. They appear to be compatible." |
| K'Vada: |
"Cha." |
| Data: |
"Thank you for your coorporation." |
| Spock: |
"I sense you have a closed mind, Captain. Closed minds have kept these two worlds apart for centuries. In the Federation, we have learned from experience to view the Romulans with distrust. We can either choose to live with that emity, or seek a way to change it. I choose the latter." |
| Picard: |
"I will be the first to cheer when the Neutral Zone is abolished." |
| Picard: |
"But I wonder if this movement is strong enough to reshape the entire Romulan political landscape." |
| Spock: |
"One can begin to reshape the landscape with a single flower, Captain." |
| Pardek: |
"So what do you think of your enemy, Captain Picard?" |
| Picard: |
"These people are no one's enemy, Senator." |
| Pardek: |
"Many of my colleagues fear what they have to say. But I have learned to listen carefully. Children like D'Tan are our future. Old men like me will me will not be able to hold on to ancient prejudice and hostility. Young people won't allow it. But now, now that they've met their first real Vulcan, it has only inspired them more." |
| Spock: |
"I did not anticipate such a passionate response to my arrival." |
| Pardek: |
"Romulans are passionate people. The Vulcans will learn to appreciate that quality in us." |
| Riker: |
"First Officer's Log, Stardate 45245.8. The Enterprise remains at Qualor II as we continue to investigate the theft of the surplus Vulcan ship. The trail has led us to the former wife of a desceased smuggler." |
| Amarie: |
"A new face." |
| Riker: |
"Same one I've always had." |
| Amarie: |
"And what would you like to hear?" |
| Riker: |
"Know some blues?" |
| Amarie: |
"Look at me, mister. What'd you think?" |
| Amarie: |
"Suck salt?" |
| Riker: |
"Never cared for it." |
| Amarie: |
"Hmm, good for you. Nasty habit." |
| Amarie: |
"So who are you looking for?" |
| Riker: |
"Who says I'm looking for anybody?" |
| Amarie: |
"Your face, your uniform, in a place like this?" |
| Riker: |
"Okay, I'm looking for you." |
| Amarie: |
"Oh, you just made my day." |
| Riker: |
"I have to ask you about your husband." |
| Amarie: |
"Well, it was nice while it lasted. Which husband?" |
| Riker: |
"The dead one, I'm afraid." |
| Riker: |
"He was into some bad business. And he took the evidence with him." |
| Amarie: |
"His one endearing quality. He always cleaned up after himself." |
| Amarie: |
"And what do you want from me?" |
| Riker: |
"I was hoping you might know his business partners." |
| Amarie: |
"And why should I help you?" |
| Riker: |
"To be honest, I can't think of a good reason." |
| Amarie: |
"Well, you did kill my ex-husband. And that's not a bad start. So why don't you drop a few coins into the jar and I'll see what I remember." |
| Riker: |
"I don't carry money." |
| Amarie: |
"Well, you don't offer much, do you?" |
| Riker: |
"Move over." |
| Amarie: |
"Oh, just what I need, another set of hands." |
| Riker: |
"Know this one? Twentieth-century Earth. Maybe I can teach you a lick or two." |
| Amarie: |
"You already have." |
| Pardek: |
"Ambassador Spock, of Vulcan." |
| Spock: |
"Proconsul."" |
| Neral: |
"Oh, please, I have never liked titles ever since I was a lowly yulan in the Romulan Guard." |
| Neral: |
"It's been years since 'ol Pardek's been invited to an official function. He's, he's far too attached to the common man for most people's comfort." |
| Spock: |
"That is their loss. I have found Pardek to have a unique insight into many issues." |
| Neral: |
"Let me tell you something, Spock. We are going to start something here, you and I, that will redraw the face of the quadrant." |
| Spock: |
"Are you prepared to support reunification?" |
| Neral: |
"I believe must eventually come. Our two worlds need each other." |
| Spock: |
"Forgive me, I...I did not expect to hear a Romulan proconsul speak like a member of your underground." |
| Neral: |
"Times are changing. And leaders who refuse to change with them, well, will no longer be leaders." |
| Neral: |
"Jolan tru, Spock. Oh...live long and prosper." |
| Picard: |
"You let their emotions sway you." |
| Spock: |
"On the contrary, I am pursuing the most logical course." |
| Picard: |
"You're as skeptical as I am. Is it logical to ignore your own good sense?" |
| Spock: |
"I fear the influence of Sarek has covered your attitudes, Captain, toward reunification and perhaps toward me." |
| Picard: |
"That is the second time you have accused me of speaking with another man's voice. It's true he will always be a part of me. His experience, his spirit. But I speak with my own voice, not his." |
| Spock: |
"Curious. That I should hear him so clearly, now that he is dead." |
| Spock: |
"It is possible that I have brought my argument with Sarek to you, Captain. If so, I apologize. |
| Picard: |
"Is it so important that you win one last argument with him?" |
| Spock: |
"No, it is not, but it is true that I will miss the arguments. They were, finally, all that we had." |
| Picard: |
"But your fight with Sarek is over, Spock. You have none with me." |
| Spock: |
"I always had a different vision than my father. The ability to see *beyond* pure logic. He considered it weak. But I have discovered it to be a source of extraordinary strength. Sarek would've seen this mission of reunification as a fool's errand. Somehow I think it is not." |
| Spock: |
"Logic cannot explain why, I only know that I must persue this." |
| Picard: |
"Even if it leads you into a Romulan trap?" |
| Spock: |
"If the Romulans do have an ulterior motive, it is in the best interests of all concerned that we determine what it is. So, I will play the role that they would have me playing." |
| Spock: |
"May I assist you, Commander? I have had some experience in these matters." |
| Data: |
"By all means, Ambassador." |
| Picard: |
"I'll take this opportunity to remove my ears." |
| Spock: |
"Intrigues me, this Picard." |
| Data: |
"In what manner, sir?" |
| Spock: |
"Remarkably analytical, and is dispassionate, for a human. I understand why my father chose to mind-meld with him. There is almost a Vulcan quality to the man." |
| Data: |
"Interesting. I have not considered that." |
| Data: |
"And Captain Picard has been a role model in my quest to be more human." |
| Spock: |
"'More human'?" |
| Data: |
"Yes, Ambassador." |
| Spock: |
"Fascinating. You have an efficient intellect, superior physical skills, no emotional impediments. There are Vulcans who aspire all their lives to achieve what you've been given, by design." |
| Data: |
"Hm." |
| Data: |
"You are...half-human?" |
| Spock: |
"Yes." |
| Data: |
"Yet you have chosen a Vulcan way of life." |
| Spock: |
"I have." |
| Data: |
"In effect, you have abandoned what I have sought...all my life." |
| Data: |
"Ambassador Spock, may I ask a personal question?" |
| Spock: |
"Please." |
| Data: |
"As you examine your life, do you find that you have missed your humanity?" |
| Spock: |
"I have no regrets." |
| Data: |
"'No regrets.' That is a human expression." |
| Spock: |
"Yes. Fascinating." |
| Worf: |
"Do you know any Klingon opera?" |
| Amarie: |
"I don't get a lot of requests for it." |
| Worf: |
"Surely you must know at least one theme from 'Actoo and Maylorta'?" |
| Amarie: |
"I may be little rusty." |
| Omag: |
"What is that dreadful noise?! It sounds like a Bardakian pronghorn moose!" |
| Omag: |
"You know what I want to hear." |
| Amarie: |
"Yeah, yes, I know." |
| Worf: |
"A *fat* Ferengi has just entered the establishment." |
| Omag: |
"Where's the waiter? Isn't there a waiter in this sorry place?!" |
| Riker: |
"Is there a problem?" |
| Omag: |
"Yes. I need more napkins!" |
| Riker: |
"Use your sleeve." |
| Omag: |
"What did you say?!" |
| Riker: |
"Use one of their sleeves, I don't care." |
| Omag: |
"What are you?" |
| Riker: |
"Commander William Riker, U.S.S. Enterprise." |
| Omag: |
"Oh, am I supposed to stand up and *salute*?!" [Laughs] |
| Omag: |
"Can't somebody get me a napkin?!" |
| Riker: |
"Who would want a Vulcan ship?" |
| Omag: |
"Hypothecially speaking?!" |
| Riker: |
"'Hypothetically speaking'." |
| Omag: |
"I never learned to speak hypothetical." [Laughs] |
| Riker: |
"Let me explain what'll happen to you if you don't tell me about the Vulcan ship. Your rite of passage though this sector will be revoked, and more than that, I will be *very* unhappy." |
| Riker: |
"Enjoy your dinner." |
| Pardek: |
"Why would they need a Vulcan ship?" |
| Sela: |
"That will become clear very shortly." |
| Sela: |
"Captain Picard, welcome to Romulus. I trust you've enjoyed your visit? And this is the android I've come to respect in battle." |
| Pardek: |
"How could they know of this location? Someone has betrayed us!" |
| Spock: |
"Yes, you did." |
| Pardek: |
"Spock, we've been friends for eighty years." |
| Spock: |
"It is the only logical conclusion. You asked me to come to Romulus, you arranged the meetings with the proconsul. And you knew that Picard and Data had returned to the surface with new information." |
| Pardek: |
"Jolan tru, Spock." |
| Sela: |
"Do not be distressed. Your dream of reunification is not dead. It will simply take a different form. The Romulan conquest of Vulcan." |
| Riker: |
"First Officer's Log, Supplemental. The Enterprise has reached Galorndon Core, near the border of the Neutral Zone." |
| Sela: |
"Excuse me, I'm just finishing up a speech, for you, Mister Spock. I rather enjoy writing, I don't get to do it very often in this job." |
| Data: |
"Perhaps you would be happier in another job." |
| Sela: |
"Please feel free to change any words that you wish. I tried to make it sound Vulcan, a lot of unneccessarily long words." |
| Spock: |
"I will not read this or any other statement." |
| Sela: |
"If you do not, you will die! All of you will die!" |
| Spock: |
"Since it is logical to conclude that you will kill us in any event, I choose not to coorperate." |
| Sela: |
"I hate Vulcans! I hate the logic! I hate the arrogance!" |
| Spock: |
"This is Ambassador Spock of Vulcan. By now, Federation sensors are tracking three Vulcan ships crossing the Neutral Zone. These ships carry the future of the Romulan and Vulcan people. Our long conflict is finally over." |
| Sela: |
"Impossible! There's no way they could've gotten out of this room!" |
| "Riker": |
"That's far enough! Stay right where you are. Drop your weapons." |
| Sela: |
"How did you get in here?" |
| "Riker": |
"Drop your weapons. Drop your weapons." |
| Spock: |
"I'm afraid I don't know too much about Romulan disruptor settings." |
| Spock: |
"'Cowboy diplomacy'?" |
| Picard: |
"Well done, Mister Data. Though...I don't think you got Commander Riker's hair quite right." |
| Data: |
"I will be more observant in the future, sir." |
| Spock: |
"This is Ambassador Spock of Vulcan. By now, Federation sensors are now tracking three Vulcan ships crossing the Neutral Zone. These ships carry a Romulan invasion force and must be stopped. I repeat, these ships carry a Romulan--" |
| Sela: |
"You'll never get out of this building." |
| Data: |
"I disagree, Commander. After studying the design of this structure, I have determined that our best route of escape would be the underground exit to the east of this wing. I have disconnected certain security scanners to assist us." |
| Data: |
"I am afraid we cannot allow you to warn your guards." |
| Picard: |
"What will you do now?" |
| Romulan : |
"What we have always done. Continue to teach, pass on the ideals to a new generation, work for the day when new thoughts may be spoken aloud." |
| Picard: |
"The Federation will welcome that day." |
| Spock: |
"Captain, I will not be coming with you." |
| Picard: |
"Ambassador--" |
| Spock: |
"The reason for my coming here has never been more clear. The union of the Vulcan and the Romulan people will not be achieved by politics or by diplomacy. But it will be achieved. The answer has been here before us all along. An inexorable evolution toward a Vulcan philosophy has already begun. Like the first Vulcans, these people...are struggling to a new enlightment. And it may take decades or even centuries for them to reach it. But they will reach it. And I must help." |
| Picard: |
"I have learned that it is useless to argue with you once your mind is set." |
| Spock: |
"Not at all, Captain. I have found our arguments quite useful...almost as useful as those I had with my father." |
| Picard: |
"Would it surprise you to learn...that he found them equally valuable?" |
| Spock: |
"Ironically, you may know Sarek better than his own son does. My father and I...never chose to meld." |
| Picard: |
"I offer you the chance to touch...what he shared with me." |
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