"In America, people ask 'Do the Ferengi represent Jews?' In England, they ask 'Do the Ferengi represent the Irish?' In Australia, they ask if the Ferengi represent the Chinese. The Ferengi represent the outcast... it's the person who lives among us that we don't fully understand. Our program was about investigating the essence of people, not the outside. They forgave me though I stole. (points to Michael Dorn) They forgave him, though he killed. (points to Nana Visitor) They forgave her though she was a terrorist. Starships do not make Star Trek, hope makes Star Trek." — Armin Shimerman















