If the day ever comes that it (Deep Space Nine) isn't safe for kids to run around this station we all need to pack up and go home.

If I didn't work on the assumption that people were mostly telling me the truth, I think I'd go mad... And I'd rather be mistaken about others than mistrustful of them.

No true friendship takes account of credit and debt. It gives freely, without thought of compensation or reward.

One doesn't commit evil actions in the belief that one is acting wrongly. What allows one to commit such acts is the belief that it will contribute to a greater good.

We are our own worst enemy.

There are always two sides to a story.