Star Trek (TV Series)
The Savage Curtain (1969)
Lee Bergere: Lincoln
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Quotes
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Abraham Lincoln : [interrupting] What a charming negress. Oh, forgive me, my dear. I know that in my time some use that term as a description of property.
Uhura : But why should I object to that term, sir? You see, in our century, we've learned not to fear words.
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Abraham Lincoln : There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war except its ending.
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Captain James T. Kirk : [after Kirk, Spock, and Lincoln materialize on the planet, but Kirk and Spock's tricorder and phasers did not, and their communicators are no longer functioning] Your explanation, sir?
Abraham Lincoln : I have none. To me, this seems quite as it should be.
Captain James T. Kirk : Why were our weapons taken? Why can't we communicate with our ship?
Abraham Lincoln : Please believe me. I know nothing other than what I already told you.
Captain James T. Kirk : The game is over. We've treated you with courtesy. We've gone along with what and who you think you are.
Abraham Lincoln : Despite the seeming contradictions, all is as it appears to be. I am Abraham Lincoln.
Surak : Just as I am whom I appear to be.
Mr. Spock : Surak.
Captain James T. Kirk : Who?
Mr. Spock : The greatest of all who ever lived on our planet, Captain. The father of all we became.
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Abraham Lincoln : Do you drink whiskey?
Captain James T. Kirk : Occasionally. Why?
Abraham Lincoln : Because you have qualities very much like those of another man I admire greatly - General Grant.
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Abraham Lincoln : For an illusion, my opponent carried a considerable punch. Oh, I forgot. You consider ME an illusion, too.
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Abraham Lincoln : Do I gather that you recognize me?
Captain James T. Kirk : [cautiously] I recognize what you appear to be.
Abraham Lincoln : And appearances can be most deceiving, but not in this case, James Kirk - I AM Abraham Lincoln.
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Abraham Lincoln : Do you still measure time in minutes?
Captain James T. Kirk : We can convert to it... sir.
