General Chang Quotes in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

General Chang: "To be or not to be?" That is the question which preoccupies our people, Captain Kirk. We need breathing room.

Captain James T. Kirk: Earth, Hitler, 1938.

General Chang: I beg your pardon.

Chancellor Gorkon: Well... I see we have a long way to go.

General Chang: [over the public address speakers] "I am constant as the northern star."

Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D.: I'd give real money if he'd shut up.

General Chang: [prosecuting] Dr. McCoy, would you be so good as to tell me? What is your current medical status?

Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D.: Well, aside from a touch of arthritis, I'd say pretty good.

[some scattered laughter from the audience; McCoy smiles, but sees Chang, unsmiling]

General Chang: [unamused] You have a singular wit, Doctor.

General Chang: I can see you, Kirk.

Captain James T. Kirk: Chang.

General Chang: Can you see me? Oh, now be honest, Captain, warrior to warrior. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."

General Chang: "Cry havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War."

General Chang: Well, most kind... parting is such sweet sorrow. Captain, have we not heard the chimes at midnight?

General Chang: In space, all warriors are cold warriors.

Chancellor Gorkon: You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.

General Chang: "taH pagh, taH be?"

General Chang: "Tickle us, do we not laugh? Prick us, do we not bleed? Wrong us, shall we not revenge?"

Chancellor Gorkon: And this is General Chang, my chief of staff.

General Chang: I have... so wanted to meet you, Captain.

Captain James T. Kirk: I'm not sure how to take that.

[Quote adaptation from the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962]

General Chang: Indeed. The record shows that Captain Kirk once held the rank of Admiral. And that Admiral Kirk was broken for taking matters into his own hands in defiance of regulations of the law. Do you deny being demoted for these charges? DON'T WAIT FOR THE TRANSLATION. Answer me now.

[His ship is about to be destroyed by The Enterprise]

General Chang: [last words] To be... or not to be?