- Quark: I won't preside over the demise of Ferengi civilization, not me! The line has to be drawn here! This far and no further!
- Mila: Everyone's talking about Damar and his rebels.
- Colonel Kira: What are they saying? How stupid we were for walking into a Dominion trap?
- Damar: How arrogant we were to think we could beat them in the first place?
- Garak: How glad they are that we're all dead?
- Mila: Actually, they don't really believe you *are* dead. Oh, you should hear the stories: "Damar is alive!" "My cousin saw him on Kelvas Prime." "He faked his own death." "He is plotting a new offensive from his secret mountain hideaway."
- Garak: You never told me you had a secret mountain hideaway.
- Damar: I was going to surprise you.
- Chief O'Brien: [on Bashir and Dax] I don't get it. He's interested, she's interested... What's the problem?
- Lt. Commander Worf: He is an overgrown child, and she is very... confused.
- Chief O'Brien: It could still work.
- Quark: Whatever happened to survival of the fittest? Whatever happened to the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? Whatever happened to pure, unadulterated greed?
- Quark: Did you know this Congress of Economic Meddlers actually passed legislation, making monopolies illegal? What's the point of being in business if you can't corner the market, gouge your customers?
- Rom: There's something to be said for keeping prices down by ensuring healthy competition. So - what're you gonna do with the bar?
- Quark: You can't even dump industrial waste anymore because it might harm the natural habitat. I'm supposed to start worrying about animals now. Look how they live, wallowing in dirt, sleeping in trees. That's not natural!
- Rom: I suppose you could argue that Ferenginar's biodiversity is a precious resource that belongs to everyone. So... what are you going to do with the bar?
- Quark: And don't even get me started about this whole 'labor rights' thing. What have we come to if you can't demand sexual favors from the people in your employ?
- Rom: Unharassed workers are productive workers. So, what-are-you-going-to-do-with-the-bar?
- Zek: A new Ferenginar needs a new kind of Nagus - a kinder, gentler Nagus.
- Zek: [to Rom] And that's you, my boy. It's a great responsibility to stand at the bow of the Ferengi ship of state. A Nagus has to navigate the waters of the Great Material Continuum, avoid the shoals of bankruptcy and seek the strong winds of prosperity!
- Quark: As far as I'm concerned, the Ferenginar that I knew doesn't exist anymore. No... I take that back. It *will* exist, right here in this bar. This establishment will be the last outpost of what made Ferenginar great: the unrelenting lust for profit!
- Damar: Citizens of Cardassia, hear me! The Dominion told you that the rebellion has been crushed. What you have seen here today proves that that is yet another lie. Our fight for freedom continues, but it will take place here, in the streets. I call on Cardassians everywhere to rise up, rise up and join me. I need *you* to be my army! If we stand together, nothing can oppose us. Freedom is ours for the taking!
- Garak: Freedom!
- Lonar: Freedom!
- Cardassians: Freedom!
- Odo: They used me as an instrument to try to commit genocide. Now, we may be at war with the Founders, but that's no excuse.
- Odo: Interesting, isn't it? The Federation claims to abhor Section 31's tactics. But when they need their dirty work done, they look the other way. It's a tidy little arrangement, wouldn't you say?
- [Sisko has taken over the command of the Sao Paulo]
- Captain Sisko: [reading his orders] "Special dispensation from the Chief of Starfleet Operations to change the name from Sao Paulo... to Defiant."
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: I didn't know we were getting another Defiant-class ship.
- Captain Sisko: That's what happens when you miss staff meetings.
- Chief O'Brien: Looks... just like her.
- Captain Sisko: Let's hope she fights like her.
- [Brunt is kissing Nagus-to-be Quark's hand passionately]
- Quark: I think I'm gonna like being Nagus. Don't stop.
- Quark: A Nagus has to lead by example. My greed has to be a shining light to everyone, a testament to the rewards of avarice.
- Captain Sisko: If we do nothing, the Dominion could sit behind that perimeter for the next five years rearming themselves. And when they're ready to come out, God help us all.
- [first lines]
- Captain Sisko: Anything yet?
- Chief O'Brien: She'll be here any minute. Running a little late.
- Captain Sisko: This is no way to start a relationship.
- Doctor Bashir: [Approaching Ezri at the Ops centre table] Hi, Ezri.
- Ezri Dax: [Struggling to think of something to say] So, how's Odo?
- Doctor Bashir: Oh, his body shows no sign of the Changeling disease. I believe he's cured.
- Ezri Dax: Oh, that's great.
- Doctor Bashir: Yeah.
- [There is an awkward pause as the conversation dries up]
- Doctor Bashir: In fact, I'm going to discharge him this afternoon.
- Ezri Dax: [Definitely struggling to keep the conversation going] That's, that's really great.
- Doctor Bashir: Yeah.