Captain Spock Quotes in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Captain Spock: There is an old Vulcan proverb: only Nixon could go to China.

Captain Spock: Mr. Scott, I understand you're having difficulty with the warp drive. How much time do you require for repair?

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: There's nothing wrong with the bloody thing...

Captain Spock: Mr. Scott, if we return to Spacedock, the assassins will surely find a way to dispose of their incriminating footwear, and we will never see the Captain or Doctor McCoy alive again.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Could take weeks, sir.

Captain Spock: Thank you, Mr. Scott.

Captain James T. Kirk: Spock, you want to know something? Everybody's human.

Captain Spock: I find that remark... insulting.

Captain Spock: If I were human I believe my response would be "go to hell." If I were human.

Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov: Course heading, Captain?

Captain James T. Kirk: Second star to the right and straight on till morning.

[on whether to help the Klingons]

Captain James T. Kirk: They're animals.

Captain Spock: Jim, there is an historic opportunity here.

Captain James T. Kirk: Don't believe them. Don't trust them.

Captain Spock: They're dying.

Captain James T. Kirk: Let them die!

[pauses... Spock cocks his head in surprise. Kirk recoils and proceeds]

Captain James T. Kirk: Has it occurred to you that this crew is due to stand down in three months? We've done our bit for king and country! You should have trusted me.

[Watching a replay of the torpedo hit]

Commander Pavel Chekov: It is Enterprise. We fired them.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: That is not possible! All weapons visually accounted for, sir.

Captain Spock: An ancestor of mine maintained that when you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. If we did not fire those torpedoes, another ship did.

Captain Spock: Logic, logic, logic. Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end.

Lieutenant Valeris: A Bird-of-Prey?

Captain Spock: A Bird-of-Prey.

Commander Pavel Chekov: Cloaked?

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: A Bird-of-Prey cannot open fire when she's cloaked!

Captain Spock: All things being equal, Mr. Scott, I would agree with you. However, all things are not equal. This one can.

Commander Pavel Chekov: I don't understand. If there was another ship underneath us, surely the assassins beamed aboard from that vessel, not Enterprise.

Captain Spock: You're forgetting something, Mr. Chekov. According to our ship's databanks, this ship fired those torpedoes. If we did, the killers are here. If we did not, whoever altered the databanks is here. In either case, what we are looking for, is here.

Cmdr. Nyota Uhura: You understand, we have lost all contact with the Captain and Dr. McCoy.

Captain Spock: Yes, at the moment, they are surrounded by a magnetic shield. However, if I know the Captain, by this time, he is deep into planning his escape.

[Cut to Captain Kirk on the losing end of a fist fight with an alien at least twice his size]

Captain Spock: Doctor, would you care to assist me in performing surgery on a photon torpedo?

Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D.: Fascinating!

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: [referring to Gorkon's daughter, whom he believed killed Gorkon] That Klingon bitch killed her father.

Captain Spock: Her own father?

Lieutenant Valeris: It is an old story, sir.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: They don't place the same value on life as we do, Spock. You know that. Mark my word, she did not shed one bloody tear.

Captain Spock: Hardly conclusive, Mr. Scott, since Klingons have no tear ducts.

Admiral Cartwright: Arrest those men!

Captain Spock: Arrest yourself!

Captain Spock: [to Valeris] What you want is irrelevant, what you have chosen is at hand.

Captain Spock: What we require now is a feat of linguistic legerdemain and a degree of intrepidity before the Captain and Dr. McCoy freeze to death.

Captain Spock: Two months ago, a Federation starship monitored an explosion on the Klingon moon, Praxis. We believe it was the result of over-mining and insufficient safety precautions. The moon's decimation means a deadly contamination of their ozone layer. They will have depleted their supply of oxygen in approximately fifty Earth years. Due to their enormous military budget the Klingons do not have the resources to combat this catastrophe. Last month, at the behest of the Vulcan ambassador, I opened a dialogue with Gorkon, Klingon chancellor of the High Council. He proposes to begin negotiations at once.

Admiral Cartwright: Negotiations for what?

Captain Spock: The dismantling of our starbases and outposts along the Neutral Zone, an end to nearly 70 years of unremitting hostility which the Klingons can no longer afford.

Captain Spock: The lieutenant was the first Vulcan to be graduated at the top of her class.

Captain James T. Kirk: You must be very proud.

Lieutenant Valeris: I don't believe so.

Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D.: She's a Vulcan all right.

Lieutenant Valeris: We must inform Starfleet Command...

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Inform them of what? A new weapon that's invisible? Raving lunatics, that's what they'll call us! They'll say we're so desperate to exonerate the captain that we'll say anything.

Captain Spock: And they would be correct. We have no evidence, only a theory which happens to fit the facts.

Cmdr. Nyota Uhura: You are Crewman Dax?

Crewman Dax: Yes Commander. What is the problem?

Commander Pavel Chekov: Perhaps you have heard Russian epic of Cinderella? If shoe fits, wear it!

[drops magnetic boots at Dax's feet]

Captain Spock: Mr. Chekov...

[camera pans down to show that Dax's feet are incapable of fitting into boots]

Captain Spock: Is it possible that we two, you and I, have grown so old and so inflexible that we have outlived our usefulness?

Captain Spock: [to Lt. Valeris] Lieutenant, the torpedo hit, once again, please.

[Valeris replays video]

Captain Spock: Hold.

[replay pauses]

Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov: It *is* Enterprise. *We* fired.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: That is *not* possible! All weapons *visually* accounted for,

[to Spock]

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: sir.

Captain Spock: An ancestor of mine maintained that if you eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Cmdr. Nyota Uhura: What, exactly, does *that* mean?

Captain Spock: It means that we can not have fired those torpedoes, someone else did.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Well, they dinna fire on themselves, and there were no the ships present.

Captain Spock: There was an enormous neutron energy surge.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Not from us!

Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov: A neutron surge that big could only be produced by another ship.

Cmdr. Nyota Uhura: Kronos One?

Captain Spock: Too far away. Very near *us*. Possibly *beneath* us.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: If there were a ship beneath us, the Klingons would have seen her.

Captain Spock: [pause] Would they?

Lieutenant Valeris: A bird-of-prey.

Captain Spock: A bird-of-prey.

Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov: *Cloaked?*

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: A bird-of-prey cannot fire when she's cloaked.

Captain Spock: All things being equal, Mr. Scott, I would agree. However, things are not equal. This one *can*.

Lieutenant Valeris: We must inform Starfleet Command.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Inform them of what? A new weapon that is invisible? Raving lunatics, that's what they'll call us. They'll say we're so desperate to exonerate the Captain, we'll say *anything*.

Captain Spock: And they would be correct. We have no evidence, only a theory which happens to fit the facts.

Cmdr. Nyota Uhura: Assuming you're right, Mr. Spock, why would they fire on their own president?

Captain Spock: Indeed.

Captain James T. Kirk: Names, Lieutenant!

Lieutenant Valeris: I do not remember.

Captain Spock: A lie?

Lieutenant Valeris: A choice.

Captain Spock: This ship will be searched from bow to stern, Lieutenant Valeris, you'll be in charge.

Lieutenant Valeris: Aye, sir.

Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov: I do not understand. If there *was* a ship underneath us, surely the assassins beamed aboard from *that* vessel, not Enterprise.

Captain Spock: You're forgetting something, Mr. Chekov. According to out databanks, this ship fired those torpedoes. If we *did*, the killers are here. If we did *not*, whoever altered the databanks is here. In either case, what we are looking for *is* here.

Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov: What *are* we looking for, sir?

Captain Spock: Lieutenant?

Lieutenant Valeris: Two pairs of gravity boots.

[last lines]

Captain Spock: My father says that you have been my friend. You came back for me.

Kirk: You would have done the same for me.

Captain Spock: Why would you do this?

Kirk: Because the needs of the one... outweigh the needs of the many.

Captain Spock: [begins to remember] I have been and ever shall be your friend.

Kirk: Yes. Yes, Spock.

Captain Spock: The ship... out of danger?

Kirk: You saved the ship. You saved us all. Don't you remember?

Captain Spock: Jim... your name is Jim.

Kirk: Yes.

[first lines]

[Spock's dying words, repeated from the previous film]

Captain Spock: Don't grieve, Admiral. It is logical. The needs of the many outweigh...

Kirk: ...the needs of the few.

Captain Spock: Or the one. I have been and always shall be your friend. Live long and prosper.