Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

Anthony Zerbe: Dougherty

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• Admiral Matthew Dougherty : Jean-Luc, we're only moving 600 people.

  Captain Picard : How many people does it take, Admiral, before it becomes wrong? Hmm? A thousand, fifty thousand, a million? How many people does it take, Admiral?

• Admiral Matthew Dougherty : It was for the Federation... it was all for the Federation!

• Admiral Matthew Dougherty : We'll simply be restoring them to their natural evolution.

  Captain Picard : Who the hell are we to determine the next course of evolution for these people?

• Admiral Matthew Dougherty : [after discovering Ru'afo's true intentions]  We're taking this ship out of here. This mission is over.

  Ad'har Ru'afo : It is NOT over!

  Admiral Matthew Dougherty : It is over!

  [Ru'afo suddenly attacks Dougherty] 

  Ad'har Ru'afo : I do not take orders from you!

  [smashes Dougherty into a glass case and places him on an operating machine] 

  Admiral Matthew Dougherty : If you launch the injector while the planet is still populated, the Federation will pursue you until...

  Ad'har Ru'afo : [icily]  The Federation...

  [activates the machine] 

  Ad'har Ru'afo : ... will never know what happened here!

  [He lifts the face of Dougherty, killing him] 

• Gallatin : [after a failed attempt to capture all the Ba'ku on the planet]  They're following the Kelvinite deposits, using the interference to block our transporters. Recommendations?

  Admiral Matthew Dougherty : Take me down. Let me talk to Picard.

  Ad'har Ru'afo : Oh, talk! We should send down an assault team and take them by force!

  Admiral Matthew Dougherty : That is not an acceptable option. If people get hurt, all the support we have from the Federation...

  Ad'har Ru'afo : Federation support. Federation procedures. Federation rules! Look in the mirror, Admiral. The Federation is old! In the past twenty-four months they have been challenged by every major power in the quadrant: The Borg, the Cardassians, the Dominion. They all smell the scent of death of the Federation. That's why you've embraced our offer. Because it will give your dear Federation new life. Well, how badly do you want it, Admiral? Because there are hard choices to be made, NOW! If the Enterprise gets through with news about their brave Captain's valiant struggle on behalf of the defenseless Ba'ku, your Federation politicians will waiver. Your Federation opinion polls will open up public debate. Your Federation allies will want their say. You... Need I go on?

• Admiral Matthew Dougherty : Commander Data attacked us in a mission scout ship yesterday. Ru'afo and I have decided to send in an assault team.

  Captain Picard : Commander Worf and I are working on several tactical plans to save...

  Ad'har Ru'afo : Your android has turned dangerously violent, Captain. Considerable damage was done to my ship. He must be destroyed.

  Admiral Matthew Dougherty : I know what Data means to Starfleet, Jean-Luc, but our crew is at the mercy of those people on the planet.

  Captain Picard : If our first attempt to capture Data fails... I will terminate him. I should be the one to do it. I'm his captain... and his friend.

  Admiral Matthew Dougherty : All right. You have 12 hours, Captain. Then I want you out of the Briar Patch. In the meantime, we'll head out to the perimeter to call for Son'a reinforcements, in case you fail.

  Captain Picard : Understood.

  Admiral Matthew Dougherty : Good luck, Captain. Dougherty out.