Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Inquisition (1998)

Alexander Siddig: Doctor Julian Bashir

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Quotes 

• Sloan : [referring to Bashir's solitary confinement when he was a prisoner of the Dominion]  Did you meet with anyone during that week?

  Doctor Bashir : I was alone.

  Sloan : You're sure about that?

  Doctor Bashir : Wait, um, let me think... Was I alone in solitary? Yes - I think I was.

• [last lines] 

  Captain Sisko : You said that Sloan tried to recruit you?

  Doctor Bashir : I turned him down.

  Captain Sisko : He doesn't strike me as a man who takes 'no' for an answer. And the next time he asks you to join his little group, you will say 'yes'!

  Odo : Well, congratulations, Doctor. Looks like you're going to get to play a spy after all; only this time - for real.

• Doctor Bashir : You promised me that you wouldn't go kayaking again until your shoulder had a chance to heal.

  Chief O'Brien : I know; but I can't stay away. It's like the river calls to me.

  Doctor Bashir : Yes, it's saying "Stay away, don't come near me, or I'll hurt you more!"

• [Bashir is being investigated by Section 31] 

  Doctor Bashir : What does Section 31 do, apart from kidnapping Starfleet officers?

  Sloan : We search out and identify potential dangers to the Federation.

  Doctor Bashir : And once identified?

  Sloan : We deal with them.

  Doctor Bashir : How?

  Sloan : Quietly.

• [Bashir gets his breakfast delivered to his quarters, but it turns out to be live gagh] 

  Doctor Bashir : Ugh... It's a little early for gagh...

  [reads the card of the adressee] 

  Doctor Bashir : I hope you're enjoying my scones, Worf.

• Doctor Bashir : I can't believe the Federation condones this kind of activity.

  Odo : Personally I find it hard to believe they wouldn't. Every other great power has a unit like Section 31 - the Romulans have the Tal Shiar, the Cardassians had the Obsidian Order...

  Doctor Bashir : But what does that say about us? When push comes to shove, are we willing to sacrifice our principles in order to survive?

  Captain Sisko : I wish I had an answer for you, Doctor.

• Doctor Bashir : Because if what you say to me is true, you function as judge, jury and executioner, and that's too much power for anyone.

• Sloan : We're on the same team. We believe in the same principles that every other Federation citizen holds dear.

  Doctor Bashir : And yet you violate those principles as a matter of course.

  Sloan : In order to protect them.

  Doctor Bashir : Well, I'm sorry, but the ends don't always justify the means.

  Sloan : Really? - How many lives do you suppose you've saved in your medical career?

  Doctor Bashir : What has that got to do with anything?

  Sloan : Hundreds, thousands? Do you suppose those people give a damn that you lied to get into Starfleet Medical? I doubt it. We deal with threats to the Federation that jeopardize its very survival. If you knew how many lives *we've* saved, I think you'd agree that the ends do justify the means. I'm not afraid of bending the rules every once in a while if the situation warrants it. And I don't think you are either.

• Doctor Bashir : What if I decide to expose you?

  Sloan : Let's just say, I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it.