Riker: "We would like time to prepare our people for assimilation."
Locutus: "Preparation is irrelevant. Your people will be assimilated as easily
as Picard has been. Your attempt at a delay will not be successful, Number
One. We will proceed to Earth, and if you attempt to intervene, we will
destroy you."
-- "The Best Of Both Worlds Part II", Stardate 44003.3