Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Ensign Ro (1991)

Scott Marlowe: Keeve Falor

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• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I'm not here to debate Federation policy. I am prepared to offer assistance...

  Keeve Falor : Simply because of one terrorist attack? Then perhaps I have been wrong. We should have attacked the Federation long ago. What do you think of that, Ro?

  Ensign Ro Laren : I think you are a small man who feels a rush of power in his belly and enjoys it far too much, Keeve. Stop talking and listen.

• Keeve Falor : I'm sorry, I don't wish to help you. Don't misunderstand; I for one believe the raid on the Federation outpost was poor judgment. You are innocent bystanders. And I cannot condone violence against those who are not our enemies.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Then I... I don't understand why you're unwilling.

  Keeve Falor : Because you're innocent bystanders. You were innocent bystanders for decades, as the Cardassians took our homes. As they violated and tortured our people in the most hideous ways imaginable. As we were forced to flee.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : We were saddened by those events, but they occurred within the designated borders of the Cardassian Empire.

  Keeve Falor : And the Federation is pledged not to interfere in the internal affairs of others. How convenient that must be for you, to turn a deaf ear to those who suffer behind a line on a map.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I'm not here to debate Federation policy with you. But I can offer you assistance.

  Keeve Falor : Simply because of one terrorist attack? Well... perhaps I should have known. We should have attacked the Federation long ago.

• Keeve Falor : We live in different universes, you and I. Yours is about diplomacy, politics, strategy. Mine is about blankets. If we were to exchange places for one night, you might better understand.