"The Measure of a Man" Line-by-Line

[LeadHead]

Picard: And this?

 

[Leandar]

Data: A gift from you, sir.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: You value it?

 

[Leandar]

Data: Yes, sir.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: Why?

 

[Leandar]

Data: It is a reminder of friendship and service.

 

[LeadHead]

(Picard brings out tabletop Tasha Yar hologram)

Picard: And this? You have no other portraits of your fellow crewmembers. Why this person?

 

[Leandar]

Data: I would rather not answer that question, sir. I gave my word.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: Under the circumstances, I do not think Tasha would mind.

 

[Leandar]

Data: She was special to me, sir. We were... intimate.

 

[LeadHead]

(Louvois is shocked)
(Riker smiles a sad smile)

Picard: Thank you, Commander. I have no further questions for this witness.

 

[Leandar]

Phillipa: Commander Riker, do you want to cross?

 

[LeadHead]

Riker: I have no questions, your honor.

 

[Leandar]

Phillipa: Very well, you may step down.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: I call to the stand Commander Bruce Maddox as a Hostile Witness.

 

[Leandar]

Computer: Verify, Maddox, Bruce, Commander. Current assignment, Associate Chair of Robotics, Daystrom Technological Institute. Major papers...

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: Yes, yes, yes, suffice it to say he's an expert. Commander, is it your contention that Lieutenant Commander Data is not a sentient being and therefore not entitled to all the rights reserved for all life forms within this Federation?

 

[Leandar]

Maddox: Data is not sentient, no.

 

[CoveTom]

PICARD: Commander, would you enlighten us? What is required for sentience?

 

[Ziz]

Maddox: Intelligence, self-awareness, consciousness.