Benjamin Sisko quotes from Deep Space Nine

Benjamin Sisko

Are there any other secrets I should know about?

Joseph Sisko

Just my gumbo recipe. But I'm taking that to my grave.

Benjamin Sisko

Dax. I can't believe it.

Ezri Dax

I can hardly believe it myself. But I'm Dax. I mean, I'm not Jadzia Dax—I'm Ezri Dax. But I have all of Jadzia's memories. Not to mention Lela's, Tobin's, Emony's, Audrid's, Joran's, Curzon's. Am I forgetting anyone?

Benjamin Sisko

Torias.

Ezri Dax

Right. You are probably asking yourself, who is this person? How did she get the symbiont? Do I want another Dax in my life? Does she always talk this much? These are very good questions. And I wish I had good answers for you.

Jake Sisko

She is so cute.

Benjamin Sisko

She is also about three hundred years too old for you.

Benjamin Sisko

All right, Niners, let's hear some chatter!

[chants along the lines of "Hey, batter batter batter!"]

Worf

Death to the opposition.

Worf

WHAT?! What are you talking about?! That ball was at least half a metre out! How could you call it a strike?! REVERSE THE CALL! REVERSE THE CALL!

Benjamin Sisko

[rushes over] Are you blind?! That was low and outside!

Worf

The ball was clearly outside!

Benjamin Sisko

What the hell were you looking at?! You can't tell me that ball was over the plate! What were you doing—REGENERATING?!

Odo

[calmly] Caught the outside corner.

Worf

THE OUTSIDE CORNER?! THE CORNER OF THE DUGOUT, PERHAPS! MAYBE THE CORNER OF THE STADIUM! BUT NOT THE CORNER OF THE PLATE!

Benjamin Sisko

THE CORNER, MY FOOT! THAT WAS A BALL, AND YOU KNOW IT! WE SHOULD HAVE TWO MEN ON! TWO MEN ON! TWO MEN ON!

Odo

Gentlemen, you are trying my patience.

Benjamin Sisko

You stole the run from us! You stole it, just as if you reached up and tore it off the score board!

Benjamin Sisko

You stole it from us!

Odo

You. YOU'RE OUTTA HERE!

Benjamin Sisko

What?!

Odo

“No player shall at anytime make contact with the umpire in any manner. The prescribed penalty for the violation is immediate ejection from the game.” Rule number 4.06, subsection A, paragraph four. Look it up, but do it in the stands. YOU'RE GONE!

Benjamin Sisko

[Muttering to himself] It was a ball. It was no strike. I know it was a ball.

Julian Bashir

Chief?

Miles O'Brien

What?

Julian Bashir

I think that means you're in charge now.

Miles O'Brien

You're right. [To the team] What are you standing around for? You never seen a man thrown out of a game?

Sisko

(looking around at the aftermath of the battle) We held.

Those were our orders, sir.

Worf

(searching for words to console Sisko) This was a great victory. One worthy of story and song.

Sisko

It cost enough.

Benjamin Sisko

You want to know? You really want to know what my problem is? I'll tell you—Las Vegas, 1962. That's my problem. In 1962, black people weren't very welcome there! Oh, sure, they could be performers or janitors, but customers? Never!

Maybe that's the way it was in the real Vegas, but that's not the way it is at Vic's. I have never felt uncomfortable there, and neither has Jake.

Benjamin Sisko

But don't you see?! That's the lie! In 1962, the Civil Rights Movement was still in its infancy! It wasn't an easy time for our people, and I'm not going to pretend that it was!

Baby... I know that Vic's isn't a totally accurate representation of the way things were, but... it isn't meant to be. It shows us the way things could have been—the way they should have been.

Benjamin Sisko

We cannot ignore the truth about the past.

Going to Vic's isn't going to make us forget who we are or where we came from. What it does is reminds us that we are no longer bound by any limitations, except the ones we impose on ourselves.

Kira

You want me to go behind enemy lines and teach a bunch of Cardassians how to be resistance fighters?

Sisko

I'm aware of the irony.

Admiral Ross

According to our intelligence report, the Dominion has withdrawn completely from Klingon, Federation and Romulan space. They seem to be forming a new defensive perimeter within Cardassian territory.

They must know we've developed a counter-measure to the Breen weapon.

Captain Sisko

That would be my guess.

Martok

There are advantages to falling back. They shorten their supply lines while forcing us to lengthen ours.

Ross

And with a smaller perimeter, they're less vulnerable to hit and run attacks. It would take a major offensive to break through their lines.

At a cost of thousands of ships. The wiser course would be to simply contain them within their perimeter.

Sisko

That's what they're hoping we'll do, to give them time to rebuild their forces.

Martok

He's right. We have them on the defensive. We should hit them with everything we've got!

Ross

Breaking through that line would be a very ugly, very bloody job.

Sisko

If we do nothing, the Dominion could sit behind that perimeter for the next five years rearming themselves. And when they're ready to come out, God help us all.

Martok

The Klingon Empire votes to attack, now! Before they have time to recover.

Ross

Considering the alternatives, I'm afraid I have to concur. [All eyes turn to Velal, who reluctantly nods]

Very well.

Sisko

Then it's settled. We attack.

Benjamin Sisko

Ensign, I believe you know the way to Cardassia.

Nog

If I get lost, I'll just follow the ship in front of us.

Martok

Before you shed too many tears, let me remind you these are Cardassians who lie dead at your feet! Bajorans would call this poetic justice.

Benjamin Sisko

That doesn't mean I have to drink a toast over their bodies.

Admiral Ross

(to Worf) How would you feel being named Federation Ambassdor to Qo'noS?

Worf

I am not a diplomat.

Martok

And I am not a politician. But sometimes fate plays cruel tricks on us. Come, Worf. Qo'noS needs you. More importantly, I need you.

Ezri Dax

Well, you did help him become Chancellor. You can't very well turn your back on him now.

Worf

Well, my first duty is to you, Captain.

Benjamin Sisko

I'll probably regret this in the morning, but if it's what you really want...

Worf

It's been a great honor serving with you.

Benjamin Sisko

The honor's all mine.

Worf

I accept.

Martok

Excellent! Ha-ha! An ambassador who can go targ hunting with me! Perhaps being Chancellor won't be that bad after all.

Dukat

[cackling, to Winn] Did you really think the Pah-Wraiths would choose you as their Emissary? Soon, the Pagh-Wraiths will burn across Bajor, the Celestial Temple, the Alpha Quadrant. Can you picture it? An entire universe set in flames! To burn for all eternity! [Sisko enters and Dukat grins gleefully] The Prophets have sent me a gift. Their beloved Emissary, sent forth like an avenging angel to slay the demon.

Sisko

I should have known the demon would be you.

Dukat

[spreads his arms] Go ahead. Kill me...if you can. [Sisko aims a phaser rifle at him, but Dukat telekinetically rips it from his grasp, laughing madly] You'll have to do better than that, Captain!

Benjamin Sisko

You are pathetic!

Dukat

Then why are you the one on your knees?

Benjamin Sisko

First the Dominion, now the Pah-Wraiths. You have a talent for picking the losing side!

Dukat

Benjamin, please. We've known each other too long, and since this is the last time we will ever be together, let's try to speak honestly. We've both had our victories and our defeats. Now, it's time to resolve our differences and face the ultimate truth. I've won, Benjamin. You've lost.

Benjamin Sisko

The Pah-Wraiths will never conquer anything! Not Bajor, not the Celestial Temple, and certainly not the Alpha Quadrant!

Dukat

And who's going to stop us?

Benjamin Sisko

I am!

Dukat

[cackles] You can't even stand up!

Then I'll stop you! [She tries to throw the Book of the Kosst Amojan into the Fire Caves, only for Dukat to telekinetically snatch it from her]

Dukat

[angered] Are you still here?

[to Sisko] EMISSARY! THE BOOK! [Dukat directs flames from the Fire Caves at Winn, which encircle and then incinerate her]

Dukat

[venomously] Farewell, Adami. [seizing upon Dukat's distraction, Sisko gets to his feet and charges Dukat, sending them over the edge of the Fire Caves. A screaming Dukat and the Book of the Kosst Amojan are incinerated, but in a burst of white light, Sisko is transported to the Celestial Temple, where his mother greets him]

The Emissary has finished his task.

Benjamin Sisko

The Book was the Key, wasn't it?

To a door that can never be opened again.

Benjamin Sisko

And Dukat? Is he dead?

He is trapped there with them.