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• We fight only when there is no other choice. We prefer the ways of peaceful contact.
  -- Kirk, "Spectre of the Gun," stardate 4385.3....
• Do you know that you're one of the few predator species that preys even on itself?
  -- Trelane, "The Squire of Gothos," stardate 2124.5....
• Fascinating is a word I use for the unexpected. -- Spock, "The Squire of Gothos," stardate 2124.5.
• Kirk: "We haven't fired." Spock: "Captain...according to our databanks we have.
  ..twice." -- "STVI:TUC", Stardate 9523.8...
• Uhura: "Admiral, the commander of the Reliant is signaling.
  He wishes to discuss terms of our surrender." Kirk...
• Our species can only survive if we have obstacles to overcome.
  You remove those obstacles. Without them to strengthen us, we will weaken and die....
• We fight only when there is no other choice.
• I object to intellect without discipline; I object to power without constructive purpose.
  -- Spock, "The Squire of Gothos," stardate 2124.5....
• McCoy: "Damn it, Jim, what the hell's the matter with you?
  Other people have birthdays, why are we treating yours like a funeral?...