Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Bar Association (1996)

Max Grodénchik: Rom

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• Rom : [reading from Marx's Manifesto]  "Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains."

• Quark : Rom, we shouldn't be fighting. We're brothers.

  Rom : Not when it comes to business. We're nothing but employer and employee. You've said so yourself.

  Quark : I was wrong.

  Rom : No. You weren't.

• Quark : I've reconsidered it. My decision stands.

  Rom : But brother...

  Quark : *Don't* "brother" me! In this bar, you are not my brother. You're my employee. And employees have no right to question the management's decisions!

• Quark : Rom, you have to listen to me. The FCA does not answer to anyone. And if Brunt decides to get rid of you, I won't be able to stop him.

  Rom : Look at it this way: if Brunt gets rid of me, then all your problems are solved - you always said you wanted to be an only child!

• Rom : You never cared what happened to me before.

  Quark : I always cared about you. I tried to protect you, save you from yourself.

  Rom : How? By telling me I was an idiot my whole life?

  Quark : I had to be tough on you; I was trying to make you a better Ferengi.

  Rom : What you were trying to do was make yourself feel important. Making me feel dumb made you feel smart. But I'm not dumb! And you're not half as smart as you think you are!

• Rom : [of Leeta]  She kissed me!

  Quark : There's no accounting for taste.

• [Bashir has suggested to Rom to form a bargaining association to prevent exploitation] 

  Rom : You don't understand. Ferengi workers don't want to stop the exploitation, we want to find a way to become the exploiters.

  Doctor Bashir : Suit yourself. But I don't see *you* exploiting anyone.

• Rom : We're going to form... a union!

• Chief O'Brien : [about his ancestor Sean O'Brien]  You know, he had the biggest funeral in all of Western Pennsylvania.

  Rom : [startled]  Funeral?

  Chief O'Brien : Mm. They fished his body out of the Allegheny River, a week before the strike ended. 32 bullets he had in him. Or was it 34?

  Doctor Bashir : Well - he died a hero.

  Chief O'Brien : He was more than a hero. He was a union man!

• [Rom hands out slips of latinum to potential customers of Quark's bar] 

  Rom : Thank you for not patronizing Quark's - Thank you for not patronizing Quark's - Thank you for not patronizing Quark's...

  Leeta : I hope Rom's voice holds out.

  Grimp : I hope our latinum holds out.

• Rom : [Rule of Acquisition #263]  Never allow doubt to tarnish your lust for latinum.

• [Rom has decided to quit his job at Quark's] 

  Rom : [to Quark]  Think about it, from my point of view: if I keep working for you, all I have to look forward to is waiting for you to die, so I can inherit the bar.

  Rom : [bashfully]  Well, I don't want you to die.

• Rom : It won't happen, unless you make it happen.