Some Wisdom from Star Trek
“The road from legitimate suspicion to rampant paranoia is very much shorter than we think.... I don’t like what we have become.”
“Have we become so fearful, have we become so cowardly that we must extinguish a man because he carries the blood of a current enemy? Admiral, let us not condemn Simon Tarses or anyone else because of their bloodlines or investigate others for their innocent associations.”
“We think we’ve come so far. Torture of heretics, burning of witches is all ancient history, and then, before you can blink an eye, suddenly it threatens to start all over again.”
“Villains who twirl their moustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well-camouflaged.... Someone like her will always be with us. Waiting for the right climate in which to flourish. Spreading fear in the name of righteousness.”
-All spoken by Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Season 4: Episode 21, “The Drumhead”
