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• We must acknowledge once and for all that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis.
  -- Spock, "The Mark of Gideon," stardate 5423.4....
• The people of Gideon have always believed that life is sacred.
  That the love of life is the greatest gift .. we are incapable of destroying or interfering with the creation of that which we love so deeply -- life in every form from fetus to developed being....
• What is it like to feel pain? It is like ... when you see that people have no hope of happiness .
  .. you feel great despair ... your heart is heavy because you know you can do nothing ....
• Most people are afraid of being alone. -- Kirk, "The Mark of Gideon," stardate 5423.4.
• Diplomats and bureaucrats may function differently, but they achieve exactly the same results.
  -- Spock, "The Mark of Gideon," stardate 5423.4....
• Every man's life, liberty, and property are in danger when the Legislature is in session.
  -- Gideon J. Tucke...
• So, what's with this guy Gideon, anyway? And why can't he ever remember his Bible?