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Genius doesn't work on an assembly line basis.  You can't simply say,
"Today I will be brilliant."
  -- Kirk, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4731.3

"Get back to your stations!"
"We're beaming down to the planet, sir."
  -- Kirk and Mr. Leslie, "This Side of Paradise",
     stardate 3417.3

No one wants war.
  -- Kirk, "Errand of Mercy", stardate 3201.7

Intuition, however illogical, is recognized as a command prerogative.
  -- Kirk, "Obsession", stardate 3620.7

If I can have honesty, it's easier to overlook mistakes.
  -- Kirk, "Space Seed", stardate 3141.9

Love sometimes expresses itself in sacrifice.
  -- Kirk, "Metamorphosis", stardate 3220.3

Conquest is easy. Control is not.
  -- Kirk, "Mirror, Mirror", stardate unknown

Leave bigotry in your quarters; there's no room for it on the bridge.
  -- Kirk, "Balance of Terror", stardate 1709.2

I've already got a female to worry about.  Her name is the Enterprise.
  -- Kirk, "The Corbomite Maneuver", stardate 1514.0

I'm a soldier, not a diplomat.  I can only tell the truth.
  -- Kirk, "Errand of Mercy", stardate 3198.9

A little suffering is good for the soul.
  -- Kirk, "The Corbomite Maneuver", stardate 1514.0

A star captain's most solemn oath is that he will give his life, even
his entire crew, rather than violate the Prime Directive.
  -- Kirk, "The Omega Glory", stardate unknown

A Vulcan can no sooner be disloyal than he can exist without
breathing.
  -- Kirk, "The Menagerie", stardate 3012.4

A woman should have compassion.
  -- Kirk, "Catspaw", stardate 3018.2

Actual war is a very messy business.  Very, very messy business.
  -- Kirk, "A Taste of Armageddon", stardate 3193.0

All your people must learn before you can reach for the stars.
  -- Kirk, "The Gamesters of Triskelion", stardate 3259.2

Another Armenia, Belgium ... the weak innocents who always seem to be
located on a natural invasion route.
  -- Kirk, "Errand of Mercy", stardate 3198.4

Another dream that failed.  There's nothing sadder.
  -- Kirk, "This side of Paradise", stardate 3417.3

Death.  Destruction.  Disease.  Horror.  That's what war is all about.
That's what makes it a thing to be avoided.
  -- Kirk, "A Taste of Armageddon", stardate 3193.0

Do you know the one -- "All I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer
her by ..."  You could feel the wind at your back, about you ...  the
sounds of the sea beneath you.  And even if you take away the wind and
the water, it's still the same.  The ship is yours ... you can feel her
... and the stars are still there.
  -- Kirk, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4729.4

Either one of us, by himself, is expendable.  Both of us are not.
  -- Kirk, "The Devil in the Dark", stardate 3196.1