There will always be those who mean to do us harm. To stop them, we risk awakening the same evil within ourselves. Our first instinct is to seek revenge when those we love are taken from us. But that’s not who we are. They’re sending you back to the Academy. Star Trek XII: Into Darkness 2013 starring Chris Pine & Zachary Qunito & Benedict Cumberbatch & Karl Urban & Simon Pegg & John Cho & Zoe Saldana & Anton Yelchin & Bruce Greenwood & Leonard Nimoy et al, director J J Abrams, Kirk
He [Admiral Marcus] wanted to exploit my savagery! Intellect alone is useless in a fight, Mr Spock. You can’t even break a rule, how would you be expected to break bone? Marcus used me to design weapons to help him realize his vision of a militarized Starfleet. He sent you to use those weapons, to fire my torpedoes on an unsuspecting planet, and then he purposely crippled your ship in enemy space leading to one inevitable outcome. The Klingons would come searching for whomever was responsible and you would have no chance at escape. Marcus would finally have the war he talked about, the war he always wanted. ibid. Khan
Captain, did you manage to broker a treaty with the Talaxians? Star Trek Beyond 2016 starring John Cho & Simon Pegg & Chris Pine & Zachary Quinto & Zoe Saldana & Karl Urban & Anton Yelchin & Idris Elba et al, director Justin Lin, Spock
If the universe is truly endless, then are we not striving for something out of reach? ibid. captain’s log