Giving up our values in the name of security is to lose the battle in advance.
All of this reliance on computerized threat analysis bothers me. In my universe, the artificial intelligence took orders from me, not the other way around.
Words define who we are. Officer. Orphan. Widower. Shipmate. But there is no word for the unique agony of uncertainty.
When a civilization acts in opposition to its instincts, it may be under the influence of something, or someone, new.
What you call pain, I call foreplay.[about Zareh]
What greater source of peace exists than our ability to love our enemy?[to Michael]
We learn our greatest lessons when we pay a heavy price.
We all come from somewhere. We carry that place with us wherever we go. That never leaves our hearts. Not entirely.
Universal law is for lackeys. Context is for kings.
Trust must remain an assumption between us.[to Michael]
Translation is not the essence of understanding.
There is no telling what any one of us may do where the heart is concerned.
