Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Things Past (1996)

Avery Brooks: Captain Benjamin 'Ben' Sisko

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Quotes 

• [the crew in the runabout are discussing the conference on Bajor they are returning from] 

  Captain Sisko : I thought the Bajorans bent over backwards to be polite to you, Garak.

  Elim Garak : Giving me a name tag that read, 'Elim Garak - Former Cardassian Oppressor' was hardly polite.

  Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : And what did you want it to say - 'Former Spy'?

• [Odo, Sisko and Garak appear with the identities of Timor, Ishan and Jillur respectively] 

  Odo : Timor, Ishan and Jillur were the names of three Bajorans who were accused of attempting to assassinate Gul Dukat on the Promenade.

  Captain Sisko : Half the Resistance tried to kill Dukat.

  Odo : These three were innocent. However, no one knew that at the time, and... Dukat wanted to make an example of them, so he had them led out onto the Promenade and publicly... executed.

  Elim Garak : If we're them...

  Captain Sisko : If we're them, we'd better find a way out of here before Dukat makes an example out of *us*.

• Elim Garak : You'd think they'd put us in our own cell block instead of with the common criminals. After all, we are accused of attempting to assassinate the station commander. That deserves some respect!

  Captain Sisko : [sardonically]  Maybe they'll salute when they execute us.

• Elim Garak : I never knew we were such messy conquerors. I remember the Occupation being a little more tidy than this.

  Captain Sisko : Everything's tidy when someone else is doing the cleaning.

• Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : What was it the moderator said? That you may have worked for the Cardassians, but your only master... was justice.

  Captain Sisko : And a legend is born.

• Odo : How much damage would it do to the timeline if Quark were to suffer a mysterious "accident"?

  Captain Sisko : I'm not sure. But maybe we should conduct a little experiment and find out.

• Elim Garak : [about cleaning work]  The Bajorans were much more suited for this sort of thing than we were. Servile work is in their nature.

  Captain Sisko : I'll remember to mention that to Major Kira when we get back.

  Elim Garak : There are exceptions to every rule.

• Captain Sisko : This is Terok Nor, DS9 during the Occupation.

  Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : Time travel?

  Elim Garak : Er, no, it's more than that, our clothes have changed.

  Odo : Could we be in a holosuite?

  Captain Sisko : [testing]  Computer, end program.

  [nothing happens] 

  Captain Sisko : Let's assume that's a "no" for the moment.