- [Damar's family has been killed]
- Damar: To kill her and my son - the casual brutality of it, the waste of life... What kind of state tolerates the murder of innocent women and children? What kind of people give those orders?
- Colonel Kira: Yeah, Damar, what kind of people give those orders...?
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: I tend to look at the Empire with a little more skepticism than Curzon or Jadzia did. I see a society that is in deep denial about itself. We're talking about a warrior culture that prides itself on maintaining centuries-old traditions of honor and integrity. But in reality, it's willing to accept corruption at the highest levels.
- Lt. Commander Worf: You are overstating your case.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: Am I? Who was the last leader of the High Council that you respected? Has there even been one? And how many times have you had to cover up the crimes of Klingon leaders because you were told that it was for the good of the Empire? I... I know this sounds harsh, but the truth is, you have been willing to accept a government that you know is corrupt. Gowron is just the latest example. Worf, you are the most honorable and decent man that I've ever met. And if *you're* willing to tolerate men like Gowron, then what hope is there for the Empire?
- Lt. Commander Worf: [referring to Martok] He likes you, and he considers you an honorable woman, a worthy successor to Jadzia. And so do I.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: That's very sweet of him.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Sweet?
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: Not a very Klingon word, is it?
- Lt. Commander Worf: No.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: It's very... honorable.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Better - albeit a little obvious.
- [Garak informs Kira about Odo's true condition]
- Colonel Kira: I love him, Garak; you think I really wouldn't notice?
- Garak: Why the pretense?
- Colonel Kira: Because I also know that he doesn't want me to find out about it. He wants to put up a brave front and protect me from the truth, well fine. If that's what makes this easier for him, if that gives him one last shred of dignity to hold on to, then I'll go on ignoring what's happening to him until the very end.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: I think that the situation with Gowron is a symptom of a bigger problem. The Klingon Empire is dying; and I think it deserves to die.
- Colonel Kira: Oh, that was stupid.
- Garak: Not at all. Damar has a certain... romanticism about the past. He could use a dose of cold water.
- Colonel Kira: Well, I could have picked a better time.
- Garak: If he's the man to lead a new Cardassia, if he's the man we all hope him to be... then the pain of this news made him more receptive to what you said, not less.
- [Rusot has provoked Kira into hitting him]
- Gul Rusot: I guess... I hit a nerve.
- Colonel Kira: [strangling him] No. *This* is hitting a nerve! Stop pushing me, or I'll make you realize just how many nerves you have in that miserable body.
- Lt. Commander Worf: We cannot attack Sarpedion.
- Gowron: I decide what can and cannot be done!
- Lt. Commander Worf: You rule without wisdom and without honor. The warriors that are gathered here will not say this to you, but I will. You are squandering our ships and our lives on a petty act of vengeance!
- Gowron: I should have known better than to trust you again. If you were a true Klingon, I would kill you where you stand! Fortunately for you, that 'child's' uniform shields you from you rightful fate.
- Doctor Bashir: No more cloak-and-dagger games. Science is the answer here. Every puzzle has a solution, every disease a cure. It's just a matter of finding it.
- Female Shapeshifter: If our cloning facilities were operational, I would eliminate this Weyoun immediately.
- Martok: You want me to become chancellor - me! Tell me, Worf, how do you think the members of the High Council will react when they're asked to follow a common man from the Ketha lowlands, a man without a drop of noble blood in his veins?
- Worf: Kahless himself was not high-born.
- Martok: Kahless was divine!
- [O'Brien has come up with a plan how to lure a Section 31 agent to DS9]
- Doctor Bashir: I think it's a plan. A very good plan. When did you get so devious?
- Chief O'Brien: I've been hanging around you too long.
- Lt. Commander Worf: What I say now, I say as a member of the House of Martok, not a Starfleet officer.
- [to Gowron]
- Lt. Commander Worf: You have dishonored yourself and the Empire, and you are not worthy to lead the Council.
- [last lines]
- Odo: You're... probably angry.
- Colonel Kira: Why?
- Odo: I... I hid my true condition.
- Colonel Kira: Odo - I've known all along. But it's not over. Julian's probably working on a cure right now...
- Odo: Shh-shh, Nerys, Nerys, don't. Just... stay here, with me.
- Martok: I am a loyal soldier of the Empire. I would rather die than dishonor my uniform. By raising a hand to my chancellor in a time of war, I would bring shame to everything that I've fought to protect, everything that I believe in.
- Lt. Commander Worf: What I have done was for the Empire. A new day must dawn for our people. I am not the man to usher in that day. But there is a man here who can.
- Martok: Worf - I do not seek the leadership.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Kahless said "Great men do not seek power. They have power thrust upon them."
- [Worf hands the Chancellor's robes to Martok]
- Lt. Commander Worf: Hail Martok, leader of the Empire - leader of destiny!
- Chief O'Brien: Julian, it's time to face facts: you're not gonna pull a rabbit out of your medkit.
- Doctor Bashir: You wanna face facts? Face this fact: Section 31 have managed to stay in hiding for three *hundred* years. They're not gonna come scurrying into the light just because Miles O'Brien and Julian Bashir are on the case.
- [Sisko has shifted the blame for the Klingons' failures from Martok to Gowron]
- Gowron: That's one of the things I like about you, Captain - your loyalty to your friends.
- Captain Sisko: This has nothing to do with loyalty.
- Gowron: Of course not.
- Colonel Kira: [after another argument with Rusot] You gonna do something about him?
- Damar: I am. I'm giving him my support.
- Doctor Bashir: [for ignoring O'Brien's good advice] About the other day...
- Chief O'Brien: [all's forgiven] Forget it.
- [first lines]
- Kira: There. Right there. The explosion began at the intercooler matrix and your men were supposed to plant the bomb here, at the secondary plasma relay.
- Rusot: What difference does it make? The ship was destroyed.
- Garak: The intercooler was the obvious place for sabotage. Their security checks could have found the bomb and disarmed it before the ship left orbit.
- Rusot: But they didn't find it.
- Kira: That isn't the point. Your men ignored their instructions and their training.
- Damar: Let us not lose sight of the fact that the mission was a success.
- Kira: It was a success because the Jem'Hadar slipped up and we got lucky. Don't use those men again for anything other than routine reconnaissance.
- Rusot: They're five of my best men! Bronok is one of the most experienced...
- Garak: [Exasperated] You've been told before. No names.
- Kira: Every cell has to be insulated from the cell above and the cell below. If I know the names of your men and I am captured...
- Rusot: Yes. I've heard the lecture.
- Kira: Well then, you shouldn't have to be reminded.
- Damar: It's been a long day. Why don't we take a break.
- Rusot: Good idea. The air in here is getting stale.