“Sir, if a man were not afraid of the truth, he would answer.”
“Oh, no. We cannot allow ourselves think that. The Seventh Guarantee is one of the most important rights granted by the Federation. We cannot take a fundamental principle of the Constitution and turn it against a citizen.”
“Sir, the Federation does have enemies. We must seek them out.”
“Oh, yes. That’s how it starts. But the road from legitimate suspicion to rampant paranoia is very much shorter than we think. Something is wrong here, Mister Worf. I don’t like what we have become.”
Picard und Worf in der Episode “The Drumhead”. Kommt einem irgendwie bekannt vor, oder?
