Star Trek (TV Series)

The Conscience of the King (1966)

Arnold Moss: Karidian

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Quotes 

• Anton Karidian : I am an actor. I play many parts.

  Captain James T. Kirk : You're an actor now. What were you twenty years ago?

  Anton Karidian : Younger, Captain. Much younger.

• Anton Karidian : If you're so sure that I'm Kodos, why not kill me now? Let bloody vengeance take its final course! And see what difference it makes to this universe of yours.

  Captain James T. Kirk : Those are beautiful words, well-acted. Change nothing.

  Anton Karidian : I suppose not. They're merely tools, like this ship of yours.

• Captain James T. Kirk : [accusingly]  There are no previous records for Anton Karidian prior to twenty years ago.

  Anton Karidian : [wearily]  The blood thins. The body fails. And one is finally grateful for a failing memory. I no longer treasure life, not even my own. I am tired! The past... is a blank. Did you get everything you wanted, Captain Kirk?

  Captain James T. Kirk : If I had gotten everything I wanted... you might not walk out of this room alive.

• Captain James T. Kirk : The play is over. It's been over for twenty years

  Anton Karidian : I was a soldier in a cause. There were things to be done, terrible things.

• Anton Karidian : [reading]  The revolution is successful, but survival depends on drastic measures. Your continued existence represents a threat to the well-being of society. Your lives means slow death to the more valued members of the colony. Therefore, I have no alternative but to sentence you to death. Your execution is so ordered. Signed, Kodos, governor of Tarsus IV.