Star Trek (TV Series)

Errand of Mercy (1967)

John Colicos: Kor

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• [Ayelborne and Claymare have interfered in the quarrel between Kirk and Kor] 

  Captain James T. Kirk : You have no right to dictate to our Federation...

  Kor : Or our Empire!

  Captain James T. Kirk : ...how to handle their interstellar relations! We have the right...

  Ayelborne : To wage war, Captain? To kill millions of innocent people? To destroy life on a planetary scale? Is that what you're defending?

• Captain James T. Kirk : Well, Commander, I guess that takes care of the war. Obviously, the Organians aren't going to let us fight.

  Kor : A shame, Captain. It would have been glorious.

• Kor : Do you also welcome me?

  Captain James T. Kirk : You're here; there's nothing I can do about it.

  Kor : [smiles]  Good, honest hatred. Very refreshing.

• Ayelborne : Oh, eventually, you will have peace; but only after millions of people have died. It is true that in the future, you and the Klingons will become fast friends. You will work together.

  Kor : Never!

• Kor : You have done well to get this far through my guards.

  Mr. Spock : I believe you'll find that several of them are no longer in perfect operating condition.

• Kor : Smile and smile... I don't trust men who smile too much.

• [Kirk is posing as an Organian] 

  Kor : Where is your smile?

  Captain James T. Kirk : My what?

  Kor : The stupid, idiotic smile everyone else seems to be wearing.

• Kor : [talking about Mr. Spock]  He will be examined. If he is lying, he will die. If he is telling the truth... he will find that business has taken a turn for the worse.

• Captain James T. Kirk : [to Ayelborne]  I am used to the idea of dying. But I have no desire to die for the likes of you.

  Kor : I don't blame you, Captain.

• Kor : You speak of courage. Obviously you do not know the difference between courage and foolhardiness. Always it is the brave ones who die. The soldiers. I hope you will continue to savor the sweetness of your life. You disgust me!

• Kor : We are similar as a species. Here we are on a planet of sheep, two tigers, predators, hunters... killers. And it is precisely that which makes us great. And there is a universe to be taken.

  Captain James T. Kirk : It's a very large universe, Commander, full of people who don't like the Klingons.

  Kor : Excellent. Then it shall be a matter of testing each other's wills, and power. Survival must be earned, Captain.

• Kor : Tell me about the dispersal of your Starfleet.

  Captain James T. Kirk : [smiles]  Go climb a tree.

  Kor : Hm. I can get what I want through our mind scanner, but... there would be very little of your mind left, Captain. I have no desire to see you become a vegetable.

• Kor : [to Kirk, who is posing as Baroner, an Organian]  You do not like to be pushed. Very good. You may be a man I can deal with, Baroner.

• Kor : Bad enough to be a military governor, but to govern a population of sheep? Very well, Lieutenant. Round up 200 more.

  Lieutenant : Yes, sir.

  Kor : Fools! Will I have to kill 'em all?