Episode Quotes

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Ransom: "Drop... shields!"
   
Gilmore: "I thought we were the only humans in the Delta Quadrant."
Chakotay: "That's what we used to think."
   
Paris: "BLT?"
Torres: "Bacon, lettuce and tomato. It was a nickname."
Paris: "A nickname?"
Torres: "My initials"
Paris: "Oh, how romantic."
Torres: "We broke up ten years ago, Tom. There's no need to go to red alert."
Paris: "How about yellow alert?"
Torres: "You're cute when you're jealous."
Paris: "Who's jealous?!"
   
Kim: "Well, "Turkey Platter", what do you say we go to work?"
   
Burke: "I'm going to miss this ship."
Ransom: "Once we get back to Earth, there'll be plenty of women."
   
Ransom: "May I ask you something, captain to captain? The Prime Directive: how often have you broken it for the sake of protecting your crew?"
Janeway: "Broken it? Never. Bent it, on occasion. And even then, it was a difficult choice."
   
Gilmore: "We call them the life of the Delta Quadrant. They see every first contact as an excuse to throw a party."
   
Ransom: "Starfleet Regulation 3, Paragraph 12: In the event of imminent destruction, a captain is authorized to preserve the lives of his crew by any justifiable means."
Janeway: "I doubt that protocol covers mass murder."
Ransom: "In my judgment, it did."
Janeway: "Unacceptable."
   
Ransom: "We traveled over 10,000 light-years in less than two weeks. We'd found our salvation. How could we ignore it?"
Janeway: "By adhering to the oath you took as Starfleet officers-- to seek out life... not destroy it."
Ransom: "It's easy to cling to your principles when you're standing on a vessel with its bulkheads intact, manned by a crew that's not starving."
Janeway: "It's never easy, but if we turn our backs on our principles, we stop being human."
   
Janeway: "I'm putting an end to your experiments. And you are hereby relieved of your command. You and your crew will be confined to quarters."
Ransom: "Please, show them leniency. They were only following my orders."
Janeway: "Their mistake."
   
Gilmore: "You said you wanted to learn more about humanity. I guess we're not exactly prized examples. I'm sorry."
Seven of Nine: "On the contrary. You've taught me a great deal."
   
Doctor: "In case you are unaware, your crew has been running criminal experiments here!"
Equiox Doctor: "I know. I designed them."
Doctor: "You? That's a violation of your programming!"
Equiox Doctor: "They deleted my ethical subroutines."
   
Ransom: "A shower and a hot meal... I guess that's all it takes for some of us to forget what's at stake here. We're going home, We can't let Voyager stop us now, not when we're this close."
   
Chakotay: "Captain!"