- Quark: [76th Rule of Acquisition] Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies.
- Commander Sisko: I saw you, in front of the crowd on the promenade. They look at you, and they see strength, and honor, and decency. They look at you and they see the best in themselves.
- Li Nalas: But it's all based on a lie.
- Commander Sisko: No - it's based on a legend. And legends are as powerful as any truth.
- [Li Nalas tells Sisko the story about how he came to fame]
- Li Nalas: ...We made our way to a ridge overlooking a small lake. As I was the only one still carrying a phaser, I went on ahead to scout for the enemy. Halfway down the embankment, I slipped, went sprawling on my back down to the edge of the lake, just as a huge Cardassian emerged from the water. He must have just finished bathing. He stood there, frozen in surprise, dressed only in his underwear, shivering in the cold. I lay there, looking up at him, too stunned to even move, and it was only when he reached for a phaser rifle that was lying across his clothes on a nearby rock, that I realized that I was still holding my own phaser, and I shot him. His body fell on top of me, and that's how my companions found us a moment later.
- Li Nalas: ...Soon every victory won by the resistance was attributed to my leadership. Stories of my brilliance, my daring, my courage, grew more and more unbelievable; yet the people insisted on believing them. My reputation even followed me into the labor camp, where my mere presence seemed to inspire my fellow prisoners. And I had done nothing... but shoot an unarmed Cardassian in his underwear! I'll never forget the look on his face when he died . He was so... embarrassed.
- [Quark is sharing his winnings with Rom]
- Quark: ...One for you and six for me - one for you and six for me... Would you stop looking so glum? Pay day is supposed to be a time of... joy!
- Rom: I know, brother. But every week it's the same thing - six for you and only one for me. It's not fair!
- Quark: You're right.
- Rom: I am?
- Quark: Yes. It's not fair.
- Rom: It's not?
- Quark: Absolutely not!
- [Rom becomes excited with expectation]
- Quark: [resuming the distribution] One for you, and... *seven* for me. One for you...
- Major Kira: How do I look?
- Chief O'Brien: I doubt there's a Cardassian alive who could resist you.
- Major Kira: I hope you're right.
- Chief O'Brien: So do I.
- [Kira and O'Brien are trying to get past a Cardassian control post in a runabout, masked as a Lissepian transport]
- Major Kira: [to the control post, over comm] Gul Marayn is waiting on Cardassia IV to receive my shipment of rulot seeds. Any delay could ruin the entire crop, not to mention the Gul's mood.
- Chief O'Brien: [after getting past the post] Tell me, Major, who is this Gul Marayn?
- Major Kira: Don't ask me - I just made him up.
- Chief O'Brien: [on the graffiti of the Circle on DS9] If they think scrawling a few signs is gonna get rid of us, they got another thing coming.
- Commander Sisko: Right now, they're just trying to show us that we're vulnerable.
- Odo: I wouldn't be overly concerned, Commander; this section is a low security area.
- Commander Sisko: As of now, Constable, there are no low securities on this station.
- Minister Jaro: You know, your little adventure made you some enemies in the Chamber of Ministers.
- Major Kira: I'm not surprised; all I did was risk my life.
- Minister Jaro: What you did today, Major, was declare war on Cardassia. Thankfully they declined the invitation.
- [last lines]
- Minister Jaro: [referring to Li] The Navarch needed to return here to assume his new post. He's been made the Bajoran liaison officer to Deep Space Nine.
- Commander Sisko: I already have a liaison officer.
- Minister Jaro: Not anymore, you don't. Major Kira is no longer assigned to this post. She's been recalled to Bajor.
- Jake Sisko: [discussing Jake's first date] I can see you're not ready to have this conversation yet.
- Commander Sisko: *I'm* not ready?
- Commander Sisko: Major, I can't loan you a Starfleet runabout without knowing where you plan to take it.
- Major Kira: To Cardassia IV, to rescue a Bajoran prisoner of war.
- Commander Sisko: You're right. I wish you hadn't told me.