Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Redemption (1991)

Michael Dorn: Lieutenant Worf

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• Kurn : Gowron *spits* in your face when you ask him to give back what is rightfully ours. And you would support him?

  Lieutenant Worf : We cannot regain honor by acting dishonorably.

• Lieutenant Worf : Permission to leave the ship, sir.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Permission granted. Qapla'!

  Lieutenant Worf : Goodbye.

• Lieutenant Worf : I have been told that patience is sometimes a more effective weapon than the sword.

• Lieutenant Worf : I was rescued from Khitomer - by Humans. Raised and loved by Human parents. I spent most of my life around Humans, fought beside them. But I was born a Klingon. My heart is of that world. I... do hear the cry of the warrior. I belong with my people.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Being the only Klingon ever to serve in Starfleet gave you a singular distinction. But... I felt that what was unique about you was your humanity: compassion, generosity, fairness. You took the best qualities of humanity and made them part of you. The result was a man who I was proud to call one of my officers.

• [Worf and Guinan during target practice] 

  Guinan : You know, I had a bet with the Captain that I could make you laugh before you became lieutenant commander.

  Lieutenant Worf : Not a good bet today.

  Guinan : I've seen you laugh. I like it.

  Lieutenant Worf : Klingons do not laugh.

  Guinan : Oh, yes, they do. Absolutely they do. You don't. But I've heard Klingon belly laughs that'd curl your hair.

  [both continue with their target practice for a while] 

  Guinan : Your son laughs. He's Klingon.

  Lieutenant Worf : He is a child and part Human!

  Guinan : That's right. And you're not; you're a full Klingon, except... you don't laugh.

• Lieutenant Worf : I believe you to be a man of honor, Gowron. I ask you: restore my family name.

  Gowron : Worf - you killed Duras. I consider that no small favor. But what you ask is impossible.

  Lieutenant Worf : But after your installation...

  Gowron : The grasp of Duras reaches out from the grave. Much of the Council is still loyal to his family. I must have the Council's support, to survive. I cannot expose their treachery. You chose to accept this disgrace, for the good of the Empire. Now you must live with your decision, like a Klingon.