Become careless with fire, and sure enough, fire will burn you. Do treachery, and treachery will be done you. Kill, and be punished with death. All these I've done. Now I pay the price, in my own flesh and blood.

Nobody played poker with Mike Walsh--at least, not twice--but people fought to get aboard Constellation. Her command record since Mike took her was almost the equal of Enterprise's for danger, daring, and success not only snatched from the jaws of failure, but afterward used to beat failure over the head.

When honor dies—when trust is a useless thing—what use is life?

If you see an injustice, and don’t move to right it when you have a chance, history won’t forget that, either.

When governments murder those who speak the truth, it is time to get new governments.

The spear in the Other's heart is the spear in your own: you are he.There is no other wisdom, and no other hope for us but that we grow wise.-attributed to Surak

Even in your world, people have died for words. Sometimes they've died of them. One learns to be careful what one says in such a world. And like anything so powerful, like any weapon, words cut both ways. They redeem and betray—sometimes both at once. The attribute we name as a virtue may also turn out to be our bane. So we watch what we call things—in case we should turn out to be right.

Those who want war will find causes, no matter how many of them you take away.

Go maire tu' I bhfad agus rath! 'Live long and prosper'.