Capt. Geordi La Forge: (on viewscreen) We know what you're about to attempt, and we can't let that happen, so the Federation Council is willing to make you an offer. Hand over the Borg transmitter, stand down your vessel, and the charges of conspiracy will be dropped.
Tessa: That's not much of an offer. If we succeed, those charges will never have existed in the first place.
La Forge: If you succeed, countless lives will be affected.
Chakotay: We're here to save one hundred and fifty lives. Our crew.
La Forge: I understand,and I might be doing the same thing if I were in your position, but I've got my own crew to protect, not to mention fifteen years of history. So, I'm asking you again. Stand down, and return the transmitter.
Chakotay: You know I can't do that.
La Forge: And you know I have to try to stop you.
Chakotay: Yes, I know. Good luck.
La Forge: Same to you.
— Star Trek: Voyager, "Timeless"
"Everyone who tries to manipulate the timeline thinks they're doing it for the best. The law of averages says that half of them are right. Well, I'm just a human being; I can't make that call and stop only half. Either I preserve the original timeline or I chuck it all, and I'm not about to do that for the likes of you. In the name of the United Federation of Planets—"
"God no," Dulmer groaned.
"—I demand that you return the space-time continuum to its original state!"
— Gods, Fate, and Fractals, by William Leisner.
General Tagon: What's it going to be like for us, on this end?
Kevyn: What do you mean?
General Tagon: If you go back in time and change my past, what happens to me? Does this universe end? Do I wake up back in my house with no memory of the last seven weeks? Do I die?
Kevyn: I... Boy, I don't know. It is pretty creepy, isn't it?
General Tagon: Okay, advice: When you brief the troops, have a better answer than that.
Kevyn: What do you mean?
General Tagon: If you go back in time and change my past, what happens to me? Does this universe end? Do I wake up back in my house with no memory of the last seven weeks? Do I die?
Kevyn: I... Boy, I don't know. It is pretty creepy, isn't it?
General Tagon: Okay, advice: When you brief the troops, have a better answer than that.
