Zitate und Sprüche von James T. Kirk

It's time you learned that freedom is never a gift. It has to be earned.

Vanna: "It's hard to believe that something which is neither seen nor felt can do so much harm."
Kirk: "That's true. But an idea can't be seen or felt."

The prejudices people feel about each other disappear when they get to know each other.

A species that enslaves other beings is hardly superior - mentally or otherwise.

We humans are full of unpredictable emotions that logic cannot solve.

To boldly go where no man has gone before.

Without freedom of choice there is no creativity.

Spock: "One man cannot summon the future."
Kirk: "But one man can change the present!"

You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, and irrational fear of the unknown. There is no such thing as the unknown. Only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood.

Our species can only survive if we have obstacles to overcome. You remove those obstacles. Without them to strengthen us, we will weaken and die.

They used to say that if Man was meant to fly, he'd have wings. But he did fly. He discovered he had to.

We prefer to help ourselves. We make mistakes, but we're human - and maybe that's the word that best explains us.