Michael Dorn credited as playing...
Lieutenant Worf
- Lieutenant Worf: Permission to leave the ship, sir.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Permission granted. Qapla'!
- Lieutenant Worf: Goodbye.
- 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: 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.