Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Justice (1987)

Jay Louden: Liator

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• Liator : When God wants to show its power, it can make itself felt most fully.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Capital punishment in our world is no longer considered a justifiable deterrent.

  Liator : [with sarcasm]  In other words... We are not yet as "advanced" as you are. I suppose, if somebody commits murder in your world, he is simply warned not to do it again and then sent on his way. Well, since you are advanced in so many ways, I suggest you use your superior powers to rescue the boy. We will record him as a convicted criminal out of our reach - one who luckily escaped the barbarism of this backward little world.

  [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] 

  Liator : Or you could show us how your people detect the seeds of criminal behavior, so that we can prevent such chaos by way of mandatory abortions.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE, appalled by this suggestion]  No. *I will teach you nothing of the sort, and that is final*.