Damar quotes from Deep Space Nine

Damar

[to Weyoun Eight, who has to inform the Founder Worf and Ezri escaped] Oh, I'm sure she'll understand. But if she doesn't... I look forward to meeting Weyoun Nine.

Damar

And so two years ago, our government signed a treaty with the Dominion. In it, the Dominion promised to extend Cardassia's influence throughout the Alpha Quadrant. In exchange, we pledged ourselves to join the war against the Federation and its allies. Cardassians have never been afraid of war, a fact we've proven time and again over these past two years. Seven million of our brave soldiers have given their lives to fulfil our part of the agreement, and what has the Dominion done in return? Nothing. We've gained no new territories. In fact, our influence throughout the quadrant has diminished. And to make matters worse, we are no longer masters in our own home. Travel anywhere on Cardassia and what do you find? Jem'Hadar, Vorta, and now Breen. Instead of the invaders, we have become the invaded. Our 'allies' have conquered us without firing a single shot. Well, no longer. This morning, detachments of the Cardassian First, Third and Ninth Orders attacked the Dominion outpost on Rondac III. This assault marks the first step towards the liberation of our homeland, from the true oppressors of the Alpha Quadrant. I call upon Cardassians everywhere. Resist. Resist today. Resist tomorrow. Resist till the last Dominion soldier has been driven from our soil!

Damar

[on Weyoun] I'd like to toss that smug little Vorta out the nearest airlock and his Founder with him.

Gul Dukat

[laughs] Now, now, Damar. That's no way to talk about our valued allies. Not until this war is over, anyway.

Weyoun

Pagh-Wraiths and Prophets? All this talk of gods strikes me as nothing more than superstitious nonsense.

Damar

You believe that the Founders are gods, don't you?

Weyoun

That's different.

Damar

[laughs] In what way?

Weyoun

The Founders are gods.

Weyoun

Tell me, Damar. When you're alone, do you even bother with a glass, or do you just drink that swill (kanar) directly from the bottle?

Damar

Depends on my mood.

Weyoun

I wonder what the Defiant was doing out there?

Damar

Looking for survivors from the Koraga.

Weyoun

For that long?

Damar

Our adversaries don't view their soldiers as expendable. They're not bred in hatcheries like the Jem'Hadar.

Weyoun

If you have something to say, Damar, say it.

Damar

Do you have any idea of the casualties Cardassia has taken? There's not one family who hasn't lost someone to this war!

Weyoun

Their sacrifice will not be in vain. We will be victorious. [Damar takes another drink] A bit early, isn't it, even for you?

Damar

Something to warm the bones. It's freezing in here!

Weyoun

The Founder prefers it that way.

Damar

I don't see why we should suffer, she hasn't been in here for days!

Weyoun

Feel free to dress warmly.

Damar

I wonder what she does in her quarters all day. She didn't look well the last time I saw her. [sarcastically] I hope she's not ill!

Weyoun

How can a god be ill?

Damar

Perhaps she's not a god.

Dukat

What happened to the brave officer I served with? The one who stood at my side as we fought the entire Klingon Empire with a single ship?

Damar

Those were simpler times.

Dukat

Those days might be gone, but the man I served with isn't. He's still within you. Reach in and grab hold of him, Damar. Cardassia needs a leader.

Damar

You were its leader once. You could be again.

Dukat

The Pah-wraiths have shown me that I have another destiny. (offering his hand) Good luck, old friend.

Damar

And to you.

Damar

[to Weyoun Seven's corpse] Overconfidence... the hallmark of the Weyouns. Maybe the Founders should eliminate that from your genetic recipe next time! [to Worf] They'll just make another copy of him, you know. You should have killed me; there's only one Damar.

Worf

I will keep that in mind.

Damar

[mockingly raises his glass] Well hello! [chuckles to himself]

[annoyed] I'm glad to see you find the death of my predecessor so amusing.

Damar

Oh, you misjudge me, I miss him deeply. Here! [pours himself another drink] Let's drink to Weyoun Seven!

When will the prisoners be executed?

Damar

When the trial is completed. Legal protocol must be observed.

When?

Damar

[irritated] The execution is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, fourteen hundred hours.

Have they agreed to cooperate?

Damar

No. Maybe you should talk to Worf again! [cackles gleefully]

Damar

Septimus Three has fallen.

Excuse me?

Damar

Septimus Three. An entire Cardassian Order has been wiped out. Five hundred thousand men!

[dismissive] Oh, yes. A great tragedy.

Damar

You promised reinforcements!

I promised nothing of the kind. I said the situation would be dealt with, and it was.

Damar

[appalled] By leaving them to be slaughtered by the Klingons?!

If you will calm down and listen, I will explain. The sacrifice made by the Eleventh Order will not be in vain. They forced the Klingons to commit worthwhile valuable troops and resources to capture a strategically worthless planet. [Thot Gor makes an affirmative noise] I'm glad you agree.

Damar

[outraged] Well, I don't. You condemned a half million loyal Cardassians!

If they were truly loyal Cardassians, then they died willingly for the Dominion. There can be no greater sacrifice.

Damar

How many more sacrifices will my people be asked to make?!

Your people, Damar? We are all one with the Dominion. Vorta, Cardassian, Jem'Hadar, the Breen. We all serve the Founders and we will all make whatever sacrifices they deem necessary.

Damar

[handing over the guards' plasma rifles] There's a Cardassian patrol ship sitting in Launch Bay 3-A, two levels above us. Its computer has all the necessary information to get you past our security checkpoints.

Ezri

Why are you doing this?

Damar

I want you to give a message to the Federation. Tell them they have an ally on Cardassia.

Worf

Why should we trust you?

Damar

You can either trust me, or you can stay here and be executed.

Ezri

I vote for Option One.

Weyoun

There's something different about you today, Damar, I can't quite put my finger on it. It’s almost as if you're half dressed.

Damar

What are you talking about?

Weyoun

You don't have a bottle in your hand.

It doesn't seem right, all this plotting and secrecy. What are we, Romulans?

Damar

No, we're Cardassians. But right now, Cardassia is an occupied territory, and to defeat an occupying army requires careful planning and secrecy.

Can we really hope to defeat the Dominion? With the Breen on their side, they're stronger than ever!

Damar

But we will be fighting to win back our homes and our freedom, and that will make us even stronger.

We're going to lose many fine soldiers.

Damar

At least they'll be dying for Cardassia, and not the Dominion.

Adarak Prime is defended by a Cardassian garrison.

Odo

That's correct.

You expect us to attack our own people?

Kira

If necessary, yes.

That is out of the question!

Damar

I agree. We'll limit ourselves to targets defended by the Jem'Hadar and the Breen.

Kira

Believe me, I understand how you feel. During the occupation, I didn't want to attack any facility that had a Bajoran working in it, but I did it because they were collaborators. They were working with the enemy.

We're not Bajorans! We don't kill our own.

Kira

Well then you might as well just give up right now, because the minute the Dominion realises you will not attack your own people, they will station a Cardassian at every base they have.

Odo

She's right. The Founders won't hesitate to play your own people against you.

Kira

Anyone who is not fighting with you is fighting against you.