Captain's log, stardate 51408.6. I've been aboard the Honshu for two days now and I still haven't spoken to him, although the doctors have assured me that he's made a full recovery. Maybe that's what I'm afraid of. Maybe I prefer to think of him as a crazy man, a broken man. He'd be less dangerous that way. As terrible as it sounds, there's a part of me that wishes he were dead. But that's a thought unworthy of a Starfleet officer. He lost an empire, he lost his daughter, and he nearly lost his mind. Whatever his crimes, isn't that enough punishment for one lifetime?
S6 E11Waltz
Now, let me get this straight: you're not responsible for what happened during the occupation, the Bajorans are, hmm?
Yes! Yes, exactly!
So, why do you think they didn't appreciate this rare opportunity you were offering them, hmm?
Because they were blind, ignorant fools. If only they had cooperated with us, we could have turned their world into a paradise! From the moment we arrived on Bajor, it was clear that we were the superior race. But they couldn't accept that. They wanted to be treated as equals when they most certainly were not. Militarily, technologically, culturally, we were almost a century ahead of them in every way! We did not choose to be the superior race! Fate handed us our role! And it would've been so much easier on everyone if the Bajorans had simply accepted their role. But no. Day after day, they clustered in their temples and prayed for deliverance, and night after night, they planted bombs outside of our homes! Pride. Stubborn, unyielding pride. From the servant girl that cleaned my quarters, to the condemned man toiling in a labour camp, to the terrorist skulking through the hills of Dahkur Province. They all wore their pride like some twisted badge of honour.
And you hated them for it.
Of course I hated them! I hated everything about them! Their superstitions, and their cries for sympathy, their treachery and their lies! Their smug superiority and their stiff necked obstinacy! Their earrings and their broken wrinkled noses!
You should've killed them all, hmm?
Yes! Yes! That's right, isn't it? I knew it! I've always known it! I should have killed every last one of them! I should have turned their planet into a graveyard the likes of which the galaxy had never seen! I should have killed them all...
[Sisko clubs him over the head with a metal pole]
And that is why you're not an evil man.
[attacking Sisko] I'm so glad we had this time together, Benjamin, because we won't be seeing each other for a while. I have unfinished business on Bajor. They thought I was their enemy? They don't know what it is to be my enemy, but they will! From this day forward, Bajor is dead! All of Bajor!! And this time, even their Emissary won't be able to save them!
[After the Defiant has rescued Sisko]
Sometimes life seems so complicated; nothing is truly good or truly evil. Everything seems to be a shade of grey. And then you spend some time with a man like Dukat, and you realize that there is such a thing as truly evil.
To realize that is one thing. To do something about it is another. So what are you going to do?
I'll tell you what I'm not going to do. I'm not going to let him destroy Bajor. I fear no evil. From now on, it's him or me.
S6 E12Who Mourns for Morn?
[Quark's obtained a cache of what he thinks are bricks of gold-pressed latinum]
It's mine, all mine! [he holds up two bricks to Odo] What you are about to hear is the most beautiful sound in the galaxy! [He knocks the two bricks together, but instead of making a clinking sound, they crumble. To Quark's horror, when he checks other bricks, the same thing happens] No, that, that can't be! There's no latinum in these bricks!
What?
Someone's extracted all the latinum! There's nothing here but worthless gold!
[unable to hide his amusement] And it's all yours. [he chuckles and walks away, while Quark frantically checks the bricks for any sign of latinum]
No! Noooo! NOOOOO!
S6 E13Far Beyond The Stars
QHQuark/Herb
Would someone please shoot me and put me out of my misery?
BJBashir/Jules
Oh, how I long for a gun.
[Benny is told to stay home during a photo shoot because he is African-American]
DPDouglas Pabst/Odo
It's just a photo.
BRBenny Russell/Sisko
I'll try to remember that.
BBenny
You're firing me?
DDouglas
I have no choice, Benny. It's his decision.
BBenny
Well, you can't fire me. I quit. To hell with you and to hell with Stone!
JJules
Try to stay calm, Benny.
BBenny
No! I'm tired of being calm. Calm never got me a damn thing!
DDouglas
I'm warning you, Benny, if-- if you don't stop this, I'm going to call the police.
BBenny
You GO AHEAD, CALL THEM! Call anybody you want, they can't do anything to me! Not anymore, and nor can any of you! I am a human being, dammit! You can deny me all you want, but you cannot deny Ben Sisko. He exists. That future, that space station, all those people, they exist in here! In my mind, I created it! And every one of you know it, you read it! It's here, you-- you-- you hear what I'm telling you?! You can pulp a story, but you cannot destroy an idea. Don’t you understand? That’s ancient knowledge. You cannot destroy an idea!
BBenny
Tell me, please. Who am I?
PJThe Preacher / Joseph
Don’t you know?
BBenny
Tell me.
PThe Preacher
You are the dreamer… and the dream.
The question is, what are you going to do?
The only thing I can do. Stay here and finish the job I started. And if I fail...
"I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith."
I've never known you to quote from the Bible.
I'm full of surprises, aren't I? And so are you. Sounds like that dream you had helped you sort things out.
I suppose it did. But I have begun to wonder: what if it wasn’t a dream? What if this life we’re leading, all of this -- you and me, everything -- what if all of this is the illusion?
That’s a scary thought.
I know, I know. But maybe, just maybe, Benny isn’t the dream. We are. Maybe we’re nothing more than figments of his imagination. For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of us.
S6 E14One Little Ship
[O'Brien, Bashir and Dax are all 1 centimeter tall]
Are you telling me I'm going to be this bloody tall for the rest of my life?
[indicating smaller] This bloody tall, actually.
This conduit’s filthy, Chief. Don’t you ever clean up in here?
All right, all right. Let’s not badger the Chief.
Thank you!
I’m sorry. It was very small of me.
It’s amazing! It’s like we’re in the middle of an optronic forest!
"This is the story of a little ship that took a little trip." What do you think?
[struggling] It’s, uh... well, it rhymes. [grabs the padd from him] There’s nothing on this padd!
[Worf gives a rare grin]
Are you sure that you two returned to your original height?
Why do you ask?
It's just that you both seem to be a couple of centimeters shorter. A Changeling notices these sort of things.
Actually now that I think about it, you both do seem a little on the petite side.
Infirmary.
[Both run to the infirmary]
[to Odo] And they say you don't have a sense of humor.
[Quark and Odo chuckle]
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