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1	->''Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship ''Enterprise''. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.''
2	-->-- '''Creator/WilliamShatner''' as '''Capt. James T. Kirk'''
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4	->''Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship ''Enterprise''. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.''
5	-->-- '''Creator/PatrickStewart''' as '''Capt. Jean-Luc Picard'''
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7	->''Star Trek speaks to some basic human needs: that there is a tomorrow -- it's not all going to be over with a big flash and a bomb; that the human race is improving; that we have things to be proud of as humans. No, ancient astronauts did not build the pyramids -- human beings built them, because they're clever and they work hard. And Star Trek is about those things.''
8	-->-- '''Creator/GeneRoddenberry'''
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10	->''In America, people ask "[[SpaceJews Do the Ferengi represent Jews?]]" In England, they ask "Do the Ferengi represent the Irish?" In Australia, they ask if the Ferengi represent the Chinese. The Ferengi represent the outcast... it's the person who lives among us that we don't fully understand. Our program was about investigating the essence of people, not the outside. They forgave me though I stole. ''(points to Creator/MichaelDorn)'' They forgave him, though he killed. ''(points to Creator/NanaVisitor)'' They forgave her though she was a terrorist. Starships do not make ''Star Trek'', hope makes ''Star Trek''.''
11	-->-- '''Creator/ArminShimerman''', the ''Star Trek Engage'' podcast
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13	->''[[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder I'm a doctor]], not a moon shuttle conductor/bricklayer/psychiatrist/mechanic/engineer/scientist/physicist/escalator/magician/miracle worker/veterinarian!''
14	-->-- '''Dr. Leonard [=McCoy=]'''
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16	->''Something I seldom say to a customer, Jim. In this galaxy, there's a mathematical probability of three million Earth-type planets. And in all of the universe, three million million galaxies like this. And in all of that and perhaps more, only one of each of us. Don't destroy the one named Kirk. ''
17	-->-- '''Dr. Leonard [=McCoy=]''', ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', "Balance Of Terror"
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19	->''Leave bigotry in your quarters; there's no room for it on the bridge.''
20	-->-- '''Capt. James T. Kirk''', ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', "Balance Of Terror"
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22	->''[The phaser] has two settings: ''stun'' and ''kill''. [[{{Understatement}} It would be best not to confuse them]].''
23	-->-- '''Malcolm Reed''', ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', "Broken Bow"
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25	->''One day soon, man is going to be able to harness incredible energies, maybe even the atom... energies that could ultimately hurl us to other worlds in... in some sort of spaceship. And the men that reach out into space will be able to find ways to feed the hungry millions of the world and to cure their diseases. They will be able to find a way to give each man hope and a common future. And those are the days worth living for.''
26	-->-- '''Edith Keeler''', ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', "The City on the Edge of Forever"
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28	->''The Prime Directive is not just a set of rules; it is a philosophy ... and a very correct one. History has proven again and again that whenever mankind interferes with a less developed civilization, no matter how well intentioned that interference may be, the results are invariably disastrous. ''
29	-->-- '''Capt. Jean-Luc Picard''', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "Symbiosis"
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31	->''Fate. It protects fools, little children, and ships named ''Enterprise''.''
32	-->-- '''Cmdr. William Riker''', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "Contagion", [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] PlotArmor
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34	->''Let's make sure that history never forgets the name ... ''Enterprise''.''
35	-->-- '''Capt. Jean-Luc Picard''' (in an alternate timeline), "Yesterday's Enterprise"
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37	->''You're all astronauts on ... some kind of [[TitleDrop star trek]].''
38	-->-- '''Zefram Cochrane''', ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''
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40	->''Live long and prosper.''
41	-->-- '''Mr. Spock'''
42
43	->'''James T. Kirk:''' I ''love'' Italian [food]. ''(to Spock)'' And so do you.\
44	'''Spock:''' [[BlatantLies Yes.]]
45	-->-- ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome''
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47	->''I have been and always shall be your friend. Live long and prosper.''
48	-->-- '''Spock''''s [[TearJerker dying words]] to Kirk, ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan]]'' ([[spoiler: so guess what the [[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock next film]] is about?]])
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50	->''I like this ship! Y'know, it's exciting!''
51	-->-- '''Montgomery Scott''', on the USS ''Enterprise'', ''Film/StarTrek2009''
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53	->''What Theatre/{{Hamlet}} said with [[ShownTheirWork irony I say with conviction]]: "What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god!"''
54	-->-- '''Capt. Jean-Luc Picard''', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "Hide and Q"
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56	->'''Gillian:''' Don't tell me; you're from outer space?\
57	'''Kirk:''' No, I'm from Iowa. I only work in outer space.
58	-->-- ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome''
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60	->'''Spock:''' I would [[BotheringByTheBook cite regulation]], but I know [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight you will simply ignore it]].\
61	'''Kirk:''' See? We ''are'' getting to know each other.
62	-->-- ''Film/StarTrek2009''
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64	->"''On this site, a powerful engine will be built. An engine that will allow us to travel a thousand times faster than we can today. And with it, we will explore strange new worlds. Seek out new life and new civilizations. And to go... boldly... where no man has gone before.''"
65	-->-- '''Zefram Cochrane''', father of human warp flight, speaking at the dedication of the Warp 5 complex, ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', "Broken Bow"
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67	->"''This is Captain James T. Kirk/Jean-Luc Picard/Jonathan Archer of the Starship ''Enterprise''.''"
68	-->-- '''repeated line.'''
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70	->"''Mr. Paris/Mr. Chakotay. Set a course ... for home.''"
71	-->-- '''Captain Kathryn Janeway''', ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', [[{{Bookends}} "Caretaker" and "Endgame"]]
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73	->"''Mr. Kim, we're Starfleet officers. ''Weird'' is part of the job.''"
74	-->-- '''Captain Kathryn Janeway''' to '''Ensign Harry Kim''', ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Deadlock" ([[spoiler:Immediately after Harry's apparent return from the dead via a transfer from a doomed parallel Voyager.]])
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76	->"''Your father was captain of a starship for twelve minutes. He saved eight hundred lives, including your mother's - and yours. [[DareToBeBadass I dare you to do better]].''"
77	-->'''Captain Christopher Pike''', ''Film/StarTrek2009''
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79	->"''I can assure you, this 'old cat' might not be as toothless as you think.''"
80	-->-- '''Captain Benjamin Sisko''', [[BadassBoast responding to a Klingon fleet's threat to storm his station]] in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'''s "The Way of the Warrior". (There's a [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership good reason]] why the Prophets chose him as their Emissary.)
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82	->"''We are the Borg. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Your life, as it has been, is over. '''[[ResistanceIsFutile Resistance is futile]]'''.''
83	-->-- '''The Borg Collective''' saying the words most guaranteed to make people say "OhCrap".
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85	->"''You Klingon bastards, you killed my '''son'''.''"
86	-->-- '''James T. Kirk''', ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'' giving a strong [[LivingLegend contender]] for [[PapaWolf second]] place to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge the above]].
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88	->"''If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid.''"
89	-->-- '''Q''', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "Q Who" describing the final frontier (also works as a description of the internet).
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91	->'''Q:''' You ''hit me!'' Picard never hit me!
92	->'''Sisko:''' [[NotSoSimilar I'm not Picard.]]
93	-->-- ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Q-Less"
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95	->"''The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth. Whether it's scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth. It is the guiding principle on which Starfleet is based. And if you can't find it within yourself to stand up and tell the truth about what happened, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech you don't deserve to wear that uniform]]!''"
96	-->-- '''Capt. Jean-Luc Picard''', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "The First Duty", to Cadet Wesley Crusher,
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98	->"''There are three things to remember about being a starship captain: Keep your shirt tucked in, go down with the ship, and never abandon a member of your crew.''"
99	-->-- '''Captain Janeway''', ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Dark Frontier" to Naomi Wildman regarding rescuing Seven of Nine from the Borg.
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101	->"'Let me help.' A hundred years or so from now, I believe, a famous novelist will write a classic using that theme. He'll recommend those three words even over 'I love you'."
102	-->-- '''Captain Kirk''', "The City On The Edge Of Forever" ([[HoYay Spock says "Let me help" to Kirk in the very next episode.]])
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104	->'''Sisko''': Every time I throw this ball, a hundred different things can happen in a game. He might swing and miss, he might hit it. The point is, you never know. You try to anticipate, set a strategy for all the possibilities as best you can, but in the end, it comes down to throwing one pitch after another, and seeing what happens. With each new consequence, the game begins to take shape.\
105	'''Alien''': And you have no idea what that shape is until it is completed?\
106	'''Sisko''': That's right. In fact, the game wouldn't be worth playing if we knew what was going to happen.\
107	'''Alien 2''': You value your ignorance of what is to come?\
108	'''Sisko''': That may be the most important thing to understand about humans. It is the unknown that defines our existence. We are constantly searching, not just for answers to our questions, but for new questions. We are explorers. We explore our lives day by day, and we explore the galaxy, trying to expand the boundaries of our knowledge. And that is why I am here. Not to conquer you with weapons, or with ideas. But to coexist... and learn.
109	-->-- ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Emissary", succinctly summing the very point of ''Franchise/StarTrek''
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111	->''Sir, [[BlatantLies you have a many-legged beast crawling up your shoulder]].''
112	-->-- '''Mr. Spock''', ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', "A Taste Of Armageddon", before subjecting an enemy to the Vulcan nerve pinch
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114	->'''Female Changeling:''' The Alpha Quadrant seems wracked with chaos. It could use some order.
115	->'''Odo:''' Imposing your type of order on the Alpha Quadrant may prove more difficult than you imagine.
116	->'''Female Changeling:''' We are willing to wait until the time is right.
117	-->-- ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "The Search: Part II"
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119	->''"[[LivingIsMoreThanSurviving Survival is insufficient.]]"''
120	-->-- '''Seven of Nine''', ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Survival Instinct"
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122	->''"You see, I feel sorrier for you than I do for him because you'll never know the things that love can drive a man to. The ecstasies, the miseries, the broken rules, the desperate chances, the glorious failures, the glorious victories. All of these things you'll never know simply because the word love isn't written into your book."''
123	-->-- '''Dr. [=McCoy=]''', to Spock
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125	->"''The Prime Directive, Admiral [Jellico], last time I checked, did not first appear on the wall of Starfleet Headquarters in flaming letters accompanied by a sepulchral voice intoning, Thou Shalt Not Butt In. It's a guide for day-to-day interaction with developing races so that we don't have umpty-ump Starfleet officers running around playing god by their own rules. But this is not day-to-day Admiral. And we're not talking about playing god. We're talking about showing compassion for fellow living beings. Tell me, Admiral, while you were sitting on Deep Space Five waiting for us to show up, did you actually walk around and interact with the refugees? Did you see the misery in their faces, the fear in their eyes? Did you help patch up the wounded, stand by the bedside of the dying, say a prayer for the dead? Or did you sit isolated in your quarters grumbling over the inconvenience? [...] The Prime Directive was created by men and women, no better or worse than any of us, and I respectfully submit that if our hands are so completely tied by it that we sit around impotently, then we have to seriously reconsider what the hell it is we're all about.''"
126	-->-- '''Commander Riker''' pissing all over the Prime Directive, courtesy of NewFrontier.
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128	->'''Picard:''' There is no greater challenge than the study of philosophy.\
129	'''Wesley:''' But William James won't be in my Starfleet exams.\
130	'''Picard:''' The important things never will be. Anyone can be trained in the mechanics of piloting a starship.\
131	'''Wesley:''' But Starfleet Academy...\
132	'''Picard:''' It takes more. Open your mind to the past. Art, history, philosophy. And all this may mean something.
133	-->-- ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "Samaritan Snare"
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135	->'''Picard:''' I sincerely hope that this is the last time that I find myself here.
136	->'''Q:''' You just don't get it, do you, Jean-Luc? The trial never ends. We wanted to see if you had the ability to expand your mind and your horizons. And for one brief moment, you did.
137	->'''Picard:''' When I realized the paradox.
138	->'''Q:''' Exactly. For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you had never considered. ''That'' is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebulae, but charting the unknowable possibilities of existence.
139	->'''Picard:''' Q, what is it that you're trying to tell me?
140	->'''Q:''' You'll find out. In any case, I'll be watching. And if you're very lucky, I'll drop by to say hello from time to time. I'll see you... out there.
141	-->-- ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "All Good Things"
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143	->''"Up until about a hundred years ago, there was one question that burned in every human, that made us study the stars and dream of traveling to them: 'Are we alone?' Our generation is privileged to know the answer to that question. We are all explorers, driven to know what's over the horizon, what's beyond our own shores. And yet, the more I've experienced, the more I've learned that no matter how far we travel, or how fast we get there, the most profound discoveries are not necessarily beyond that next star. They're within us, woven into the threads that bind us, all of us, to each other. A final frontier begins in this hall. Let's explore it together."''
144	-->-- '''Capt. Jonathan Archer''', ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', "Terra Prime"
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