Mirasta Yale: [to Picard] "Is this a joke ? Did Lupo and the others from the lab put you up to this ?"
	Riker: "It is far more likely that I am a weather-balloon than an alien."
	Chancellor Durken: "I will have to say that this morning, I was the leader of the universe as I knew it. This afternoon, I am only a voice in a chorus. But I think it was a good day."
	Lanel: "I believe you." Riker: "Now, will you help me?" Lanel: "If you make love to me." Riker: "What?" Lanel: "I always wanted to make love with an alien."
	Picard: "We have been monitoring your progress toward warp drive capability. When a society reaches your level of technology and is clearly about to initiate warp travel, we believe it is time to make first contact. We prefer meeting like this rather than a random confrontation in deep space."
	Chancellor Durken: "My world's history has recorded that conquerors often arrived with the words, "we are your friends.""
	Lanel: "Will I ever see you again... ?" Riker: "I'll call you next time I'm passing through your star system."
	Chancellor Durken: "The stories will be told for many years, I have no doubt... of the ship that made contact... of an alien who was held prisoner in a medical facility... there will be charges of a government cover-up... some of the witnesses will tell their tales and most people will laugh at them and go back and watch more interesting fiction on the daily broadcasts. It will pass."

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