Aelborne: "What You're Saying, Captain, Is That We Seem To Have A Choice Between Dealing With You Or Your Enemies.

Aelborne: "What You're Saying, Captain, Is That We Seem To Have A Choice Between Dealing With You Or Your Enemies.

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Aelborne: "What you're saying, Captain, is that we seem to have a
choice between
dealing with you or your enemies."
Kirk: "No, sir. With the Federation, you have a choice. You have none with the
Klingons. The Klingons are a military dictatorship. War is their way of
life. Life under the Klingon rule would be very unpleasant."
-- "Errand Of Mercy", Stardate 3198.4

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Kirk: "Gentlemen, I have seen what the Klingons do to planets like yours.
They are organized into vast slave labor camps. No freedoms whatsoever....
Kirk: "We offer you protection." Aelborne: "We have no defenses, Captain, nor are any needed.
-- "Errand Of Mercy", Stardate 3198.4...
Kirk: "You keep insisting that there's no danger, I keep assuring you that there is.
Would you mind telling me--" Aelborne: "It is our way of life, Captain....
Kor: "We Klingons have a reputaton for ruthlessness.
You will find that it is deserved. Should one Klingon soldier be killed, a thousand Organians will die....
Kirk: "What about Mister Spock?" Kor: "You are concerned?
Kirk: "He is my friend." Kor: "You have a poor choice of friends....
Kirk: "So, we're stranded here, in the middle of a Klingon occupation army.
Spock: "So it would seem. Not a very pleasant prospect....
Aelborne: "Captain, since it is too late for you to escape, perhaps we should do something about protecting you.
-- "Errand Of Mercy", Stardate 3198.4...
Kor: [To Kirk] "Who are you?" Aelborne: "Oh, he is Barona, one of our leading citizens.
Kor: "And he has no tongue?" Kirk: "I have a tongue....
Aelborne: "You are our visitors. Welcome, welcome." -- "Errand Of Mercy", Stardate 3198.4