Mr. Worf, do you know Gilbert and Sullivan?
No, sir. I have not had a chance to meet all the new crew members since I have been back.
They're composers, Worf. From the 19th century.
Adhar Ru'afo
F. Murray Abraham · 30 quotes
Jean-Luc Picard
Patrick Stewart · 27 quotes
Worf
Michael Dorn · 8 quotes
Admiral Matthew Dougherty
6 quotes
William Riker
Jonathan Frakes · 6 quotes
Anij
Donna Murphy · 5 quotes
Data
Brent Spiner · 5 quotes
Beverly Crusher
Gates McFadden · 3 quotes
Deanna Troi
Marina Sirtis · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Jean-Luc Picard & Adhar Ru'afo (15), Worf & Adhar Ru'afo (6), Adhar Ru'afo & Admiral Matthew Dougherty (5)
Star Trek: Insurrection quotes
Page 2 of 4Our people have a strict policy of non-interference in other cultures. It's our Prime Directive.
Your directive apparently doesn't include spying on other cultures.
Jean-Luc Picard (carefully, still trying to uphold the Directive by not telling them more than they need to know): The artificial lifeform is a member of my crew. Apparently, he was taken ill.
Tournel There was a phase variance in his positronic matrix which we were unable to repair.
I think the Captain finds it hard to believe that we'd have any skills for repairing positronic devices.
Sojef Our technological abilities are not apparent because we have chosen not to employ them in our daily lives. We believe when you create a machine to do the work of a man, you take something away from the man.
But at one time, we explored the galaxy just as you do.
Jean-Luc Picard (startled as he realises how badly the Federation has underestimated the Ba'ku): You have warp capability?!
Capability, yes. But where can warp drive take us, except away from here?
I ...apologise for our intrusion.
Ru'afo, we're getting too old for this.
After today, that won't be a problem for either of us.
You're really going to risk ingniting the exhaust? [Ru'afo lowers his weapon] All right. I will!
NO!!!
We are betraying the principles upon which the Federation was founded. It's an attack upon its very soul. And it will destroy the Ba'ku... just as cultures have been destroyed in every other forced relocations throughout history.
Jean-Luc, we're only moving 600 people.
How many people does it take, Admiral, before it becomes wrong? A thousand? Fifty thousand? A million? How many people does it take, Admiral?
I'm ordering you to the Goran system. I'm also ordering the release of the Son'a officers. File whatever protest you wish to, Captain. By the time you do, this will all be done.
You've brought the Federation in the middle of a blood feud, Admiral. The children have returned to expel their elders, just as they were once expelled, except that Ru'afo's need for revenge has now escalated into patricide.
It... was for the Federation. It was all for the Federation.
Lieutenant Daniels Sir, Ru'afo's ship is hailing us.
Jean-Luc Picard, William Riker
On screen. [they exchange looks]
Captain, the Son'a crew would like to negotiate a cease-fire. It may have something to do with the fact that we have three minutes of air left.
We have plenty over here, Mr. Worf. Prepare to beam aboard.
Subadhar Gallatin Is this how a Federation officer pleads for his life?
I am not pleading for my life. I am pleading for yours.
Counselor, do you think it's possible for two people to go back in time, fix a mistake they've made?
On this ship, anything's possible. [Riker kisses her, and she pushes him away] Yuck!
"Yuck"?
I never kissed you with a beard before.
I kissed you, and you say "yuck"?
Do you think when we get away from this metaphasic radiation, it'll change the way we feel?
Your feelings about her have not changed since the day I met you, Commander. This place just let them out for a little fresh air.
Son'a officer
[The Enterprise E is on a collision course with Ru'afo's ship.]
He wouldn't.
Yes, he would.
Admiral Dougherty will not be joining us for dinner. Deploy the collector.
After today, that won't be a problem... for either of us.
And you? It's turned you into a coward. A man who denies his own conscience. A coward without the moral courage to prevent an atrocity. You offend me.
But some of the darkest chapters in the history of my world involved the forced relocation of a small group of people to satisfy the demands of a large one. I'd hoped that we had learned from our mistakes but it seems some of us haven't.