Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Ethics (1992)

Patrick Stewart: Captain Jean-Luc Picard

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• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I understand from Dr. Crusher that Worf will never regain the use of his legs.

  Commander William T. Riker : That doesn't mean that his life is over.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : That's a very Human perspective, Will. For a Klingon in Worf's position... his life is over.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : You and I could learn to live with a disability like that, but not Worf. His life ended when those containers fell on him. Now, we don't have to agree with it, we don't have to understand it. But we do have to respect his beliefs.

  Commander William T. Riker : I can respect his beliefs, but he is asking me to take an active part in his committing suicide!

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : He's asking for your help, because you're his friend. And that means that you're gonna have to make your decision based on that friendship.

  Commander William T. Riker : [smiles wryly]  Which leaves me right back where I started.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Will... Look, I'm sorry, I cannot help you to make this decision. But I can tell you this: Klingons choose their friends with great care. If he didn't know he could count on you, he would never have asked.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : A Klingon may not be good at accepting defeat; but he knows all about taking risks.

• Doctor Beverly Crusher : The first tenet of good medicine is, never make the patient any worse. Right now, Worf is alive and functioning. If he goes into that operation, he could come out a corpse.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : And this may not be good medicine. But for Worf, it may be his only choice.