G&#039;Kar quotes from Babylon 5

...and a year of joy.

S4 Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?

It was...a new age.

Stephen Franklin

It was the end of history.

Susan Ivanova

It was the year everything changed.

Michael Garibaldi

The year is 2261.

John Sheridan

The place, Babylon 5.

S3 Z'ha'dum

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G'Kar

Our thoughts form the universe. They always matter.

. . .

[G'Kar observes a picture of Daffy Duck on Garibaldi's wall.]

G'Kar

I was studying this image. Is it one of his household gods?

Zack Allan

[chuckles] That's Daf--Yeah, well, in a way I suppose it is. It's sort of the Egyptian god of frustration.

G'Kar

Most appropriate!

S4 The Hour of the Wolf

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G'Kar

[admiring Marcus's (closed) Minbari fighting pike] May I?

[Marcus hands him the pike.]

Marcus Cole

To open it, you press...

[G'Kar presses the button and opens the pike; it telescopes out, barely missing Marcus and knocking over a crate]

G'Kar

I like it!

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[G'Kar has been taken prisoner by the Centauri, tortured, and now languishes in an underground cell. Londo Mollari steps in to visit him, asking for his help in removing the emperor. Just before he leaves, G'Kar rebuts.]

G'Kar

You didn't ask the price…for my cooperation.

S4 Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?

[incredulous] You are not exactly in a position to bargain, G'Kar.

G'Kar

Neither are you. You want my help…for the sake of your people. I will give it…for the sake of my own. If I remove the monster from your throne, you will remove the monster…from my world. Leave Narn! Set my world free! Promise me this, and I will do as you ask.

[Mollari thinks about this for a moment, then realizes he has no choice and agrees.]

Mollari

You have my word.

[He is let out of the cell by the guard, allowing the bright light to stream in from outside. G'Kar lies back against the wall of his cell, basking in the glow, joyful tears in his eyes.]

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Great Maker! Your eye! Cartagia?

G'Kar

My eye offended him. Doesn't matter. I can see things now that were invisible to me before. An empty eye sees through to an empty heart.[N]

S4 The Long Night

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[G'Kar is aghast at his people's enthusiasm for more fighting with the departed Centauri.]

GLG'Lorn

With you directing us, we will finally destroy the Centauri.

G'Kar

You have just tossed someone off that throne! Would you put another in his place so quickly? The Kha'Ri spoke with many equal voices, not the one voice of a single leader.

GLG'Lorn

We need strength to lead us, fire to forge us. We saw that in the Centauri, learned that from them.

G'Kar

Then you have learned the wrong lessons. I will not take the throne. If the Kha'Ri is restored, I will take my place among them, but that's all. I did not fight to remove one dictator just to become another myself.

GLG'Lorn

But the Centauri–

G'Kar

Are a lost people! They ought to be pitied! They are already on a course for self-destruction! They do not need help from us. We need to redress our wounds, help our people, rebuild our cities!

S4 The Long Night

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[G'Kar is aghast at his people's enthusiasm for more fighting with the departed Centauri.]

G'Kar

Why are you celebrating?!

GLG'Lorn

We drove them away! They knew they could not enslave us forever, and we drove them off! Through strength!

G'Kar

Is that what you think? Try to understand! The strength that defeated the Centauri is not from weapons or arms!

GLG'Lorn

G'Kar, you are tired, you're hurt. You're not seeing this as we do.

G'Kar

I see, G'Lorn. I see better than you can imagine.

GLG'Lorn

When you've rested, we will thank you properly, as is your right. There will be celebrations in the street, G'Kar; your name will be a blessing to any who speak it! And then…then, G'Kar, you will lead us against our oppressors. You will be the instrument of our vengeance! With you directing us, we will finally destroy the Centauri!

G'Kar

You have just tossed someone off that throne! Would you put another in his place so quickly? The Kha'Ri spoke with many equal voices, not the one voice of a single leader.

GLG'Lorn

We need strength to lead us, fire to forge us! We saw that in the Centauri, learned that from them.

G'Kar

GLG'Lorn

But the Centauri—

G'Kar

[interrupting] ARE A LOST PEOPLE! They ought to be pitied! They are already on a course for self-destruction! They do not need help from us. We need to redress our wounds, help our people, rebuild our cities!

GLG'Lorn

We must strike back!

G'Kar

No. [turns to leave]

GLG'Lorn

I never thought you a coward, G'Kar! [G'Kar stops in his tracks] We suffered and died during their occupation! Where were you? What have you endured?

[G'Kar stares at him, dumbfounded, out of his one remaining eye.]

G'Kar

What have I endured?

[In way of answer, he starts laughing. His laughter fills the room as he turns to leave the group of angry Narns behind.]

S4 The Long Night

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[Londo and G'Kar watch the ISN report on the new Interstellar Alliance.]

So, how does it feel to make history, hmm?

G'Kar

You do not make history. You can only hope to survive it.

S4 Rising Star

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[Londo and G'Kar's arrive on Babylon 5 during a celebration.]

So Doctor...who died?

Stephen Franklin

[confused] What are you talking about?

Among my people this is how we celebrate state funerals. Our marriage ceremonies are solemn, sober. Moments of reflection...also regret, disagreement, argument and mutual recrimination. Once you know it can't get any worse you can sit back and enjoy the marriage. But to start with something like this? No, it is a very bad sign for the future.

[Franklin and Garabaldi walk off.]

S4 The Deconstruction of Falling Stars

Perhaps it is something I said?

G'Kar

Perhaps it is everything you say.

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[A second attempt on Sheridan's life has been foiled.]

G'Kar

Do you want to be President?

John Sheridan

Yes.

G'Kar

Put your hand on the book and say "I do."

I do.

G'Kar

Good. Done. Let's eat.

S5 No Compromises

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John Sheridan

The Universe speaks in many languages but only one voice. A language which is not Narn or Human or Centauri or Gaim or Minbari. It speaks in the language of hope.

G'Kar

It speaks in the language of trust. It speaks in the language of strength and the language of compassion. It is the language of the heart and of the language of the soul; but always it is the same voice; it is the voice of our ancestors speaking through us, and the voice of our inheritors waiting to be born; it is the small still voice that says: "We are one." No matter the blood, no matter the skin, no matter the world, no matter the star. We are one. No matter the pain, no matter the darkness, no matter the loss, no matter the fear. We are one. Here, gathered together in common cause we agree to recognize this singular truth and this singular rule: that we must be kind to one another.

Because each voice enriches us and ennobles us, and each voice lost diminishes us. We are the voice of the universe, the soul of creation, the fire that will light the way to a better future. We are one.

G'Kar

We are one.

S5 The Paragon of Animals

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[After getting the members of the Alliance to sign the Declaration of Principles, Sheridan and Delenn sit in the conference room, admiring the table full of signed scrolls. G'Kar bursts in.]

G'Kar

Ah, Mr. President. [sees the documents] Oh, good, good, good. I was looking for these. [begins gathering them up and shoving them in his bag]

What are you doing?

G'Kar

Well, we need to get everyone to sign them again!

What? [stands, flabbergasted] We… Do you understand what we went through to get them signed even once?

G'Kar

I revised it again. It's better.

G'Kar!

G'Kar

But look.

[He offers another scroll to Sheridan, who snatches it angrily out of his hands. He and Delenn start to read. His anger fades, replaced by awe.]

[surprised] It's better.

[Having gathered the old, signed copies, G'Kar retakes the new version from Sheridan, snatching it from his grasp. He dashes out of the council chamber, leaving a stunned Sheridan and Delenn in his wake.]

Some days, it's like living in a madhouse.

S5 The Paragon of Animals

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[G'Kar and Delenn are discussing how he can best help the Alliance. They turn to the topic of Londo's return to Centauri Prime.]

G'Kar

He should have a bodyguard assigned to him at all times while he is there. Someone we can rely on, someone, uh… someone we can trust. Someone strong… strong enough to…

[He looks down to see Delenn eyeing him, excitedly.]

G'Kar

Oh, no…

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The Alliance is about learning to overcome our distrust and form a new community. Can you think of a better symbol?

G'Kar

No, and I'm trying. Believe me.

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You would naturally have to accompany him on all state business and be there to guard him. In the palace. In the Royal Court.

G'Kar

[brightens] A Narn in the Centauri Royal Court? [laughs] It is a curiously satisfying image, Delenn!

...

[Later, Delenn meets with Londo Mollari just before he and G'Kar leave.]

[worried] G'Kar? You've assigned G'Kar as my bodyguard?

Yes. I think your generosity in working with him will be an excellent symbol of unity for all the other races who could join the Alliance.

Londo

A symbol…

Yes.

Londo

And you tried this line on G'Kar?

I did.

And did it work?

Completely.

[swears] Great Maker!

S5 Strange Relations

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[Sheridan and Delenn greet Rebo and Zooty in their quarters, where they have all gathered for dinner. As Delenn and Zooty walk off, Sheridan leans in to talk to Rebo.]

You know, I was really hoping to talk to Zooty. You know, without the machine.

RRebo

Yeah. He never breaks character, not even around me. In ten years, I've only heard him say one word without the machine.

Oh. Oh. What's the word?

RRebo

Why.

Oh, just curious.

RRebo

No, no. That was the word. "Why". In ten years, I haven't figured it out myself.

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[Later, in the Zocalo, Zooty gestures for Sheridan to lean close. He takes off his hat, puts it over the machine hanging from his pocket, and whispers conspiratorially to Sheridan. Sheridan's eyes go wide, and Zooty nods in confirmation. He dons his hat and walks off. G'Kar runs up to him.]

G'Kar

What did he say?!