Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Face of the Enemy (1993)

Patrick Stewart: Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Quotes 

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : In order to know whether Ambassador Spock's message is being delivered accurately, I need to understand something about the messenger.

• Ensign Stefan DeSeve : On Romulus you learn not to volunteer information. It's a hard habit to break.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Well, maybe now would be a good time to start.

• [last lines] 

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : The men you helped rescue're all safe. Proconsul M'ret is deeply grateful for your help.

  Counselor Deanna Troi : The thanks should go to N'Vek. He sacrificed himself to save them - and me.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Thanks to the two of you, the way has been paved for further rescue operations. N'Vek's efforts, and his sacrifice, were not in vain.

• Ensign Stefan DeSeve : The Romulans are very moral, Captain. They've an absolute certainty about what is right and what is wrong, who's a friend and who's an enemy - a strict moral compass, which provides them with a clarity of purpose. At one time, I found their sense of purpose, their... passion and commitment to be very compelling.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : But not anymore?

  Ensign Stefan DeSeve : As I've grown older, I realize that clarity of purpose is a more... ambiguous matter than I had thought in my youth.