Picard: Laris, I have to do this. I don't yet fully understand all of it but I know that it's important. And not only to me.
Laris: No, of course, if it's important to Jean-Luc Picard, it must be important to the whole galaxy! Go! And take that one with you. You can die together.

Zhaban: You can't do it alone. You need help. You need protection. You need a crew...
Picard: ....They would do it in a heartbeat and that's precisely why I cannot ask them. They would put themselves at risk out of loyalty to me and I do not want to have to go through that again.
Zhaban: Ok, you need someone who hates you and has nothing to lose.
Picard: I've already made the call.

Raffi: There isn't anything you could say that I'd want to hear.
Picard: Secret Romulan assassins are operating on Earth.
Raffi: Is that the '86 [wine]? Goddammit.

Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Episode 2 Quotes

Picard: Romulan methods of forensic molecular reconstruction are illegal in the Federation.
Laris: Really? I had no idea.
Picard: They're also unreliable. And the results are dubious, at best.
Laris: Yeah. That's exactly what we wanted you to think.

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