- G'Kar: Why does any advanced civilization seek to destroy a less advanced one? Because the land is strategically valuable, because there are resources that can be cultivated and exploited, but most of all - simply because they can. You have experienced much the same on your own world. There are humans for whom the words "never again" carry special meaning. As they do for us.
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- Capt. John Sheridan: [answering Torqueman's final question: "Given the danger, at the end of the day...is it worth it?"] ... We have to make people lift their eyes back to the horizon, and see the line of ancestors behind us, saying, "Make my life have meaning." And to our inheritors before us, saying, "Create the world we will live in." I mean, we're not just holding jobs and having dinner. We are in the process of building the future. That's what Babylon 5 is all about. Only by making people understand that can we hope to create a better world for ourselves and our posterity.
- Cynthia Torqueman: I'm Cynthia Torqueman, ISN News. Good night.
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- Announcer: We interrupt our regular evening schedule to bring you the following special program. September 16, 2259. The Interstellar Network News presents 36 Hours on Babylon 5 with your host, Cynthia Torqueman reporting live from the ISN News Center in Geneva.