Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Cardassians (1993)

Colm Meaney: Chief Miles O'Brien

Quotes 

• Kotan Pa'Dar : Mister O'Brien, I know very little about Human culture, I don't know how you view the family.

  Chief O'Brien : We'd do almost anything to protect our families. I've a daughter myself; she's four - the same age your son was when you lost him.

  Kotan Pa'Dar : Then I expect you can imagine what I'm feeling right now. On Cardassia, family is everything. We care for our parents and children with equal devotion. In some households, four generations eat at the same table. Family... is everything.

• Doctor Bashir : The damnedest thing just happened - Garak the tailor was attacked.

  Odo : Attacked? Where?

  Doctor Bashir : At the replimat. He was bitten in the hand.

  Lieutenant Jadzia Dax : Another unsatisfied customer?

  Chief O'Brien : He always cuts the pants too long.

• Chief O'Brien : Well, you can't judge a whole race of people. You can't hate all Cardassians or all Klingons or all humans. I've met some Cardassians I didn't like. And I've met some I did. Like you.

• Kotan Pa'Dar : Mister O'Brien, I know very little about Human customs, I don't know how you view the family.

  Chief O'Brien : We'd do almost anything to protect them. I've got a little girl myself. She's 6, the same age as Rugal was when you lost him.

  Kotan Pa'Dar : Than you can imagine how I feel. On Cardassia, family is everything. We care for our parents and our children with equal devotion. In some houses 4 generations eat at the same table. Family - is everything.

• Chief O'Brien : "Gentle" was bred out of these Cardassians a long time ago.