- Capt. John Sheridan: The hostiles might be splitting up so they can be with both groups to keep them in line.
- Marcus Cole: Unless they're all hostile, and some are just more hostile that others.
- Capt. John Sheridan: Well thank you for that ray of sunshine, Marcus. Next time I feel the need to be depressed, I'll remember to give you a call.
- Commander Sandra Levitt: It's not the role of the military to make policy.
- Capt. John Sheridan: Our mandate is to defend Earth against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Now Clark has become that enemy. Your oath is to the Alliance and to the people back home, not to any particular government.
- Captain Edward MacDougan: Splitting that hair mighty thin, John.
- G'Kar: [addressing the League of Non-Aligned Worlds representatives] During their war with the Minbari, I supervised arms sales to Earth. They promised to help us when we needed them. But where was Earth when our borders were being attacked? Where was Earth when the Shadows were rampaging across our territories? They did nothing! We owe them nothing in return.
- [last lines]
- Guard: When you coming back?
- Michael Garibaldi: I'm not.
- Cmdr. Susan Ivanova: [as anchor for the Voice of the Resistance] The Centauri and Narn governments issued a joint statement today recognizing the legitimacy of the liberation of Proxima and throwing their support behind the new campaign. It is our hope that this unprecedented act of cooperation between two previously hostile governments will mark the beginning of a new age of cooperation and trust.
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- Capt. John Sheridan: Captain's personal log. Septeber 2, 2261. Enough is enough.
- Vir Cotto: Londo, what do they want? What's going on?
- Londo Mollari: I don't know.
- Cmdr. Susan Ivanova: They're waiting
- Capt. John Sheridan: [addressing the Council] Sorry to call you together at this early hour, but we don't have a lot of time. - Commander.
- Cmdr. Susan Ivanova: For the last month or so ships from Babylon 5 have been patrolling the borders of your governments. Since we've been protecting you from Raiders and border skirmishes the number of incidences has decreased by 70 percent. May we assume that you are all happy with this arrangement?
- [Council members nod and murmur affirmatively]
- Capt. John Sheridan: Good, because now there's a price tag...