Battlestar Galactica (TV Series)

Resurrection Ship: Part 1 (2006)

Mary McDonnell: President Laura Roslin

Quotes 

• President Laura Roslin : You have Pegasus, he has Galactica. Two heavily-armed, very powerful warships. Now, I am sure that Pegasus would prevail in any fight-

  Commander William Adama : [interrupting]  -I wouldn't count on that-

  President Laura Roslin : -but certainly, there'd be heavy damage and you'd take significant casualties. So you can go out there and fight it out with Galactica or you can compromise. And those are the only two options on the table, period.

  Admiral Helena Cain : How the two of you have survived this long, I will never know.

• President Laura Roslin : [discussing Admiral Cain]  I'm afraid this can only end one way... You've got to kill her.

  Commander William Adama : What the hell are you talking about?

  President Laura Roslin : Like she said, let's cut through it. The two of you were willing to go to war today. Do you think she's going to step down from that? She's going to bide her time and hit you the first chance she gets. That's a given. I hate to lay this on you, Bill, but she is dangerous and the only thing that you can do is to hit her before she hits you.

  Commander William Adama : I'm not an assassin.

• President Laura Roslin : The spirit of the law requires something more here than summary executions.

  Admiral Helena Cain : ...Is this what the two of you have been doing for the past six months? Debating the finer points of Colonial law? Well, guess what, we're at *war*! And we don't have the luxury of academic debate over these issues.