Star Trek (TV Series)
The Mark of Gideon (1969)
Leonard Nimoy: Mister Spock
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Quotes
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Spock : We must acknowledge once and for all that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis.
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Hodin : [on viewscreen, speaking from Gideon] Mr. Spock you are an officer of a spaceship. In your profession you use many instruments, tools and weapons to achieve your objectives.
Mr. Spock : [on the bridge of the Enterprise] True, your excellency.
Hodin : However, the only 'tool' diplomacy has is language. It is of the utmost importance that the meaning be crystal clear.
Mr. Spock : Your excellency, I am basically a scientist. Clarity of formulation is essential in my profession also.
Hodin : I am glad to hear it. Perhaps you could then make greater effort to choose your words more precisely.
[sits down]
Dr. McCoy : [to Spock] Are you gonna let him get away with that?
Scott : No matter what ye say, Mr. Spock, he'll twist your meaning.
Uhura : Yes, he's infuriating, sir, how can you stand it?
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Spock : Diplomats and bureaucrats may function differently, but they achieve exactly the same results.
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Mr. Spock : Unfortunately, I must violate a direct order from Starfleet.
Dr. McCoy : That's the best possible decision you could make, Spock. I'm with you.
Mr. Spock : I do not make it lightly, Doctor. However, Command knows that Ambassador Hodin has not been totally honest with us. Lieutenant Uhura, repeat original Gideon co-ordinates for beam down.
Uhura : Eight seven five, zero two zero, zero seven nine.
Mr. Spock : Mister Scott, the co-ordinates given you?
Scott : Eight seven five, zero two zero, seven zero nine.
Dr. McCoy : Co-ordinates don't match.
Mr. Spock : Precisely. I shall beam down at once. Mr. Scott, you have the con.
Dr. McCoy : I'll pick up my medical tricorder and meet you in the transporter room.
Mr. Spock : Negative, Doctor. I cannot accept the responsibility for ordering a fellow officer to violate a Starfleet directive. I can make such a decision only for myself.
Dr. McCoy : I'm not asking you to make the decision for me.
Mr. Spock : The situation forces me to do so, Doctor.
Dr. McCoy : Well in that case, it's the worst possible decision you can make, Spock.
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Spock : Diplomats and bureaucrats may function differently, but they achieve exactly the same results
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Spock : We must acknowledge once and for all that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong crisis.
Dr. McCoy : Well, what are we waiting for, Mr. Spock, we're not diplomats.
Spock : We are representatives of the Federation, doctor.
Dr. McCoy : That doesn't mean we have to behave like children and listen to some fool lecture by a diplomat.
Spock : Unfortunately, diplomacy is the only channel available to us at the moment.
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Mr. Spock : Diplomats and bureaucrats may function differently, but they achieve exactly the same results.
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Mr. Spock : The planet is shielded from our sensors, therefore, we cannot scan it. Therefore, we are unable to select coordinates, they must be provided by Gideon.
Chekov : We should never have agreed to such restrictions.
Mr. Spock : We did not, Mr. Chekov, the Federation did. Lt. Uhura.
Uhura : Yes, Mr. Spock.
Mr. Spock : Contact Starfleet immediately, explain our problem, request permission to use every means at our disposal to press the search for Captain Kirk.
Uhura : At once, sir.
Chekov : Are there any other possibilities?
Mr. Spock : They are endless, Mr Chekov.
Dr. McCoy : Where do we start, Mr. Spock.
Mr. Spock : Institute a sensor scan 360 degrees, one degree at a time.
Dr. McCoy : You mean you're going to scan space for him?
Chekov : But, sir, that could take years.
Mr. Spock : Then the sooner you begin, the better.
