Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Return to Grace (1996)

Marc Alaimo: Gul Dukat

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Quotes 

• [after getting the upper hand on the Klingons, Dukat kills them] 

  Major Kira Nerys : Was that necessary?

  Gul Dukat : You're the terrorist. You tell me.

• [a demoted Dukat is having dinner with Kira] 

  Gul Dukat : By the way, Major, what is this I hear about you and Shakaar?

  Major Kira Nerys : I don't know what you've heard.

  Gul Dukat : First it was Vedek Bareil, and now it's the head of the Bajoran government. You do like powerful men, don't you?

  Major Kira Nerys : First of all, Shakaar's an old friend. Second of all, what business is it of yours?

  Gul Dukat : Let's just say it's further incentive for me to regain my former position.

• Gul Dukat : It amazes me that a woman... as intelligent and sophisticated as you could be attracted to such a lumbering, simplistic field hand. I mean, what could the two of you possibly talk about?

  Major Kira Nerys : That lumbering field hand is the First Minister of Bajor. And he knows more about how to talk to me than you ever will.

  Gul Dukat : How can you be so sure? After all, you don't know me well enough to make a comparison.

  Major Kira Nerys : I don't wanna know you well enough. And if you want to keep working with me, I suggest you stick to business.

• Gul Dukat : Well... it would seem we're not... worth destroying.

  [after a Klingon Bird of Prey has shrugged off Dukat's attack without shooting back] 

• Gul Dukat : There was a time when the mere mention of my race inspired fear. And now, we're a beaten people, afraid to fight back because we don't wanna lose what little is left.

  Major Kira Nerys : That's not the Cardassians I know.

  Gul Dukat : What Cardassians? Don't you see, Major? They're paralyzed! They're beaten and defeated! *I* am the *only* Cardassian left. And if no one else... will stand against the Klingons, I will!

• [Dukat has asked Kira to join him in his fight against the Klingons] 

  Gul Dukat : On Deep Space Nine you're nothing but a bureaucrat, an administrator. If you come with me, you can be a soldier again. Think about it, Major: the chance to fight against a superior foe in a righteous cause; to protect a defeated and broken people from a cruel aggressor. You know as well as I do that if Cardassia falls, Bajor is next. Help me stop the Klingons before you become their next target.

• Gul Dukat : I know that our past makes it difficult for you to accept me as an ally. I also know that every fiber of your being is telling you to say 'no, no, no', but somewhere, I know there's a 'yes'. You need to listen to that 'yes' - not for my sake, not for Cardassia's, not even for Bajor's... but for your sake.

• Gul Dukat : Well, Major, it appears that whether you like it or not, our lives have become deeply intertwined.

  Major Kira Nerys : [smiles]  That really pleases you, doesn't it?

  Gul Dukat : Pleases me? Major, it gives me reason to live.

• Major Kira Nerys : Why is it when you smile, I wanna leave the room?

  Gul Dukat : I suppose it's because of my overwhelming charm.

• Gul Dukat : Major, is it my imagination, or do you have a hard time accepting compliments?

  Major Kira Nerys : I have a hard time accepting compliments from *you*.

  Gul Dukat : Well, I'll try to restrain my enthusiasm, but I can't make you any promises.

• Gul Dukat : You judge me too harshly. Maybe I *am* seeking to regain my former position, one which I earned, through hard work, dedication and sacrifice. But redemption is not my sole motivation. I care about my people, and I don't intend to allow the Klingons to get away with murdering them. I'm a much more complicated man than you give me credit for.

  Major Kira Nerys : Well, if that's true, I suppose I prefer simpler men.

• Gul Dukat : I must say, I've always admired Shakaar's success with women. The Intelligence file I kept on him during the Occupation is filled with reports of his conquests. In fact, if you remember correctly, you were the only female in his resistance cell that he didn't... charm. At least until now.

  Major Kira Nerys : Is that what you kept track of during the Occupation? No wonder you lost.

• Gul Dukat : [low-spirited]  I have to inform Central Command. These Klingons have been operating behind our lines with impunity. Someone has got to stop them... Someone else.

• K'Temang : I'm confiscating your ship and its cargo!

  Gul Dukat : On whose authority?

  K'Temang : [sneers]  On the authority of the Klingon Empire and the disruptors I have pointed at your vessel.

• [Kira has suggested storing planetary defense disruptors in the cargo hold] 

  Gul Dukat : But those weapons are huge. What do we do with all this cargo?

  Major Kira Nerys : Get rid of it.

  Gul Dukat : All of it?

  Major Kira Nerys : I realize it's traditional for a Cardassian captain to take a percentage of the haul; but you are gonna have to shed a lot of traditions if you are serious about fighting the Klingons.

  Gul Dukat : Some traditions are hard to break.

  Major Kira Nerys : [knowing]  You'll get used to it.