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• The only tool diplomacy has is language. -- Hodin of Gideon, "The Mark of Gideon," stardate 5423.
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• Diplomats and bureaucrats may function differently, but they achieve exactly the same results.
  -- Spock, "The Mark of Gideon," stardate 5423.4....
• The people of Gideon have always believed that life is sacred.
  That the love of life is the greatest gift .. we are incapable of destroying or interfering with the creation of that which we love so deeply -- life in every form from fetus to developed being....
• Most people are afraid of being alone. -- Kirk, "The Mark of Gideon," stardate 5423.4.
• Picard: "Ambassador, with great respect for all that you have achieved on behalf of the Federation, this sort of.
  ..cowboy diplomacy, will not easily be tolerated anymore....
• BASIC: Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Identity Crisis?
• Spock: "Captain, I will not be coming with you." Picard
  Ambassador--" Spock: "The reason for my coming here has never been more clear....
• Spock: "She can still outrun us. And outgun us. But there is the Mutura Nebula at 1-5-3 Mark 4.
  Kirk: "Scotty, can we make it inside?" Scott: "The energizer's bypassed like a Christmas tree so don't give me too many bumps....
• What is it like to feel pain? It is like ... when you see that people have no hope of happiness .
  .. you feel great despair ... your heart is heavy because you know you can do nothing ....