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• Kirk: "You're not going to admit that, for the first time in your life, you made a completely emotional decision based on desperation?
  Spock: "No, sir." Kirk: "Mister Spock, you're a stubborn man!...
• There are always alternatives. -- Spock, "The Galileo Seven," stardate 2822.3.
• Respect is a rational process. -- McCoy, "The Galileo Seven," stardate 2822.3.
• Totally illogical, there was no chance. -- Spock, "The Galileo Seven," stardate 2822.3.
• I'm frequently appalled by the low regard you Earthmen have for life.
  -- Spock, "The Galileo Seven," stardate 2822.3....
• It is more rational to sacrifice one life than six.
  -- Spock, "The Galileo Seven," stardate 2822.3....
• Life and death are seldom logical. But attaining a desired goal always is.
  -- McCoy and Spock, "The Galileo Seven," stardate 2821.7...
• WARNING!!! This machine is subject to breakdowns during periods of critical need.
  A special circuit in the machine called "critical detector" senses the operator's emotional state in terms of how desperate he/she is to use the machine....
• I realize that command does have its fascination, even under circumstances such as these, but I neither enjoy the idea of command nor am I frightened of it.
  It simply exists, and I will do whatever logically needs to be done....