"Homefront"/"Paradise Lost" Line-by-Line

Sisko: It doesn't matter whether I get out of here or not. By now, Odo is talking to Jaresh-Inyo. The President will have all the evidence he needs to stop you. It's over.

 

Leyton: It's not over! I have enough loyal officers to make a fight of it.

 

Sisko: Who will you fight? Starfleet? The Federation? Don't you see, Admiral? You're fighting the wrong war! And as for your loyal officers, Benteen's already abandoned you. And she was closer to you than anyone. You've lost. Don't make anyone else pay for your mistakes.

 

(Leyton takes off his rank insignia.)

Leyton: I hope you're not the one making the mistake.

 

(New Orleans - at Sisko's restaurant - The last security units are beaming out)

Joseph: The streets are going to seem emptier with them gone.

 

Odo: Would you be happier if they'd stayed?

 

Joseph: Oh, if they'd stayed, it wouldn't be Earth anymore, would it? It didn't seem right, all those phasers everywhere.

 

jake: Something wrong, Odo?

 

Odo: Am I the only one that's worried that there are still changelings here on Earth?

 

Joseph: Worried? I'm scared to death. But I'll be damned if I let them change the way I live my life.

 

Sisko: If the changelings want to destroy what we've built here, they're going to have to do it themselves. We will not do it for them.

 

JOSEPH: I'm going to miss you, son. You too, Jake-o. Feels like you just got here.

 

Sisko: You sure we can't convince you to come back to the station with us?

 

JAKE: A Creole restaurant would be a big hit on the Promenade.

 

Joseph: Then you'll just have to open one. This is my home.

 

SISKO: We'd better get going. Now don't forget to take

 

JOSEPH: Take my medicine. I know. Is he always such a mother hen?

 

ODO: He means well.

 

Joseph: Take care of yourself.

 

SISKO: I'll do my best.