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Capt. Kirk : Trying to get yourself killed. Do you know how much Starfleet has invested in you?
Mr. Spock : 122,200...
Capt. Kirk : [interrupting] Never mind!
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Mr. Spock : Captain, you are aware of the biblical story of Genesis.
Capt. Kirk : Yes, of course I'm aware of that. Adam and Eve tasted the apple and as a result were driven out of paradise.
Mr. Spock : Precisely, Captain. And, in a manner of speaking, we have given the people of Vaal "the apple" - the knowledge of good and evil if you will - as a result of which they too have been driven out of paradise.
Capt. Kirk : Doctor, do I understand him correctly? Are you casting me in the role of Satan?
Mr. Spock : Not at all, Captain.
Capt. Kirk : [circumnavigating Spock with McCoy] Is there anyone on this ship who even remotely looks like Satan?
Mr. Spock : I am not aware of anyone who fits that description, Captain.
Capt. Kirk : No, Mr. Spock, I didn't think you would.
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Yeoman Martha Landon : All this beauty, and now Mr. Hendorff dead, somebody watching us. It's frightening.
Chekov : [puts his arms around her] If you insist on worrying, worry about me. I've been wanting to get you in a place like this for a long time.
Capt. Kirk : Mr. Chekov, Lieutenant Landon. I know you find each other fascinating, but we're not here to conduct a field experiment in human biology.
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Capt. Kirk : Would you mind being careful where you throw your rocks, Mr. Spock?
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Capt. Kirk : [speaking into communicator] Scotty... you're my chief engineer. You know everything about that ship that there is to know. More than the men who designed it. If you can't get those warp engines working... you're fired.
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Dr. McCoy : What's going on, Jim.
Capt. Kirk : Mess call.
Mr. Spock : In my view, a splendid example of reciprocity.
Dr. McCoy : It would take a computerized Vulcan mind such as yours to make that kind of a statement.
Mr. Spock : Doctor, you insist on applying human standards to nonhuman cultures. I remind you that humans are only a tiny minority in this galaxy.
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Capt. Kirk : [to Mr. Spock after the natives bind decorative flowers to Kirk and Spock's wrists] It, uh, does something for you.
Mr. Spock : Yes, indeed it does, Captain. It makes me uncomfortable.
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Akuta : But it was Vaal who put the fruit on the trees, caused the rain to fall. Vaal cared for us.
Capt. Kirk : You'll learn to care for yourselves, with our help. And there's no trick to putting fruit on trees. You might enjoy it. You'll learn to build for yourselves, think for yourselves, work for yourselves, and what you create is yours. That's what we call freedom. You'll like it, a lot. And you'll learn something about men and women, the way they're supposed to be. Caring for each other, being happy with each other, being good to each other. That's what we call love. You'll like that, too, a lot. You and your children.
Sayana : What are children?
Capt. Kirk : The little ones? Look like you? Just go on the way you're going. You'll find out.
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Capt. Kirk : Captain's log, stardate 3715.3. While making a routine exploration of the unexplored Gamma Trianguli VI, one of my men has been killed by a poisonous plant.
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Scott : [on bridge of the Enterprise] Captain, we pulled away a little, we gained... maybe an hour... but we blew almost every system in the ship doing it. There's nothing left to try again. I guess you'll have to fire me, sir.
Capt. Kirk : [on planet surface] You're fired.
[closes communicator absentmindedly]
Capt. Kirk : 400 people...
McCoy : Jim...
Capt. Kirk : They'll die because I couldn't see a warning sign. I had to follow orders, always orders.
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Mr. Spock : In my view, a splendid example of reciprocity
Dr. McCoy : It would take a computerized Vulcan mind such as yours to make that kind of a statement.
Mr. Spock : Doctor, you insist on applying human standards to non-human cultures. I remind you that humans are only a tiny minority in this galaxy.
Dr. McCoy : There are certain absolutes, Mister Spock, and one of them is the right of humanoids to a free and unchained environment, the right to have conditions which permit growth.
Mr. Spock : Another is their right to choose a system which seems to work for them.
Dr. McCoy : Jim, you're not just going to stand by and be blinded to what's going on here. These are humanoids, intelligent. They need to advance and grow. Don't you understand what my readings indicate? There's been no progress here in at least ten thousand years. This isn't life. It's stagnation.
Mr. Spock : Doctor, these people are healthy and they are happy. What ever you choose to call it, this system works, despite your emotional reaction to it.
Dr. McCoy : It might work for you, Mister Spock, but it doesn't work for me. Humanoids living so they can service a hunk of tin.
Capt. Kirk : Gentlemen, I think this philosophical argument can wait until our ship's out of danger...
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Capt. Kirk : [speaking into communicator] I'm sick of hearing that word "can't." Get that ship out of there!
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Capt. Kirk : Kirk out.
