lesleymanville:

Every fiber of my being says this is a mistake.

benedictusantonius:

Guinan: [Data]’s proved his value to you.
Picard: In ways I cannot begin to calculate.

Star Trek: The Next Generation, 2x09, “The Measure of a Man”

sezullive:

Guinan

GUINAN: If Commander Maddox is successful in disassembling and reassembling Data, what has he gained?

PICARD: The ability to build another. A hundred others, a thousand.

GUINAN: To do what?

PICARD: Explore for us. Enter the dangerous situations.

GUINAN: All those future Datas risking their lives for the people who created them.

PICARD: You said something earlier about decisions today.

GUINAN: Having implications for the future.

PICARD: Precedent! This case will set the precedent for all the future Datas. It will determine their status, and they’ll all be property.

GUINAN: There is an ancient word for it — slavery.

PICARD: Not a word we want back in our vocabulary.

-Star Trek: The Next Generation 2x9, The Measure of a Man