Just recently watched "Return of the Archons". There was a great line from Kirk about having to earn freedom.
Somebody help me out. Thnkx
Somebody help me out. Thnkx
What One Line From Any TOS Show....
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Is this what you're thinking of?
KIRK: You said you wanted freedom. It's time you learned that freedom is never a gift. It has to be earned. Come on. We're going to find Landru.
There's also a statement he makes to Landru, about the consequences of the lack of freedom for his people.
KIRK: Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life. The body dies. The fault is yours.
Those would seem to be the choices of what you're trying to recall.
KIRK: You said you wanted freedom. It's time you learned that freedom is never a gift. It has to be earned. Come on. We're going to find Landru.
There's also a statement he makes to Landru, about the consequences of the lack of freedom for his people.
KIRK: Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life. The body dies. The fault is yours.
Those would seem to be the choices of what you're trying to recall.
That's it. Perfect. Thanks alot.
Captain Kirk on A Taste of Armageddon:
"Death, destruction, disease, horror. That's what war is all about, Anan. That's what makes it a thing to be avoided. You've made it neat and painless. So neat and painless, you've had no reason to stop it. And you've had it for five hundred years. Since it seems to be the only way I can save my crew and my ship, I'm going to end it for you, one way or another. Mister Ambassador."
"Death, destruction, disease, horror. That's what war is all about, Anan. That's what makes it a thing to be avoided. You've made it neat and painless. So neat and painless, you've had no reason to stop it. And you've had it for five hundred years. Since it seems to be the only way I can save my crew and my ship, I'm going to end it for you, one way or another. Mister Ambassador."
From Arena:
SPOCK: Most of it. I would be interested in knowing what finally happened.
KIRK: We're a most promising species, Mister Spock, as predators go. Did you know that?
SPOCK: I've frequently had my doubts.
KIRK: I don't. Not anymore. And maybe in a thousand years or so, we'll be able to prove it. Never mind, Mister Spock. It doesn't make much sense to me either. Take us back to where we're supposed to be, Mister Sulu. Warp factor one.
SPOCK: Most of it. I would be interested in knowing what finally happened.
KIRK: We're a most promising species, Mister Spock, as predators go. Did you know that?
SPOCK: I've frequently had my doubts.
KIRK: I don't. Not anymore. And maybe in a thousand years or so, we'll be able to prove it. Never mind, Mister Spock. It doesn't make much sense to me either. Take us back to where we're supposed to be, Mister Sulu. Warp factor one.
Kirk from The Omega Glory;
Among my people, we carry many such words as this from many lands, many worlds. Many are equally good and are as well respected, but wherever we have gone, no words have said this thing of importance in quite this way. Look at these three words written larger than the rest, with a special pride never written before, or since, tall words proudly saying, "We the People". That which you call Ee'd Plebnista, was not written for the chiefs of kings, or the warriors or the rich or the powerful, but for ALL the people! Down the centuries, you have slurred the meaning of the words, "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty, to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution". These words and the words that follow, were not written only for the Yangs, but for the Kohms as well! They must apply to everyone, or they mean nothing!
"Don't ask any questions...face front...don't talk. Don't breathe. Don't think. You're at attention. Concentrate on that and only that."
Kidding of course
Kidding of course
"Give me your hand, your HAND. Now feel that. Human flesh against human flesh. We're the same. We share the same history, the same heritage, the same lives. We're tied together beyond any untying. Man or woman it makes no difference, we're human. We couldn't escape each other even if we wanted to. That's how you do it Lieutenant by remembering who and what you are. A bit of flesh and blood afloat, in a universe without end and the only that's truly yours, is the rest of humanity. That's where our duty lies"
Kirk in Who Mourns for Adonais
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Kirk in Who Mourns for Adonais
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'For the first time in my life, I was happy' one of the saddest Spock's lines in TOS This Side of Paradise
"Spock....just push the right button"
From TOS - "Return To Tomorrow"
Kirk: "...risk is our business..."
Kirk: "...risk is our business..."
I think this sums it up pretty well, though it is more than one line:
"..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. "
-Edith Keeler, The City on the Edge of Forever
"..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. "
-Edith Keeler, The City on the Edge of Forever
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