Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

The Quality of Life (1992)

Patrick Stewart: Captain Jean-Luc Picard

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  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Something more, Mr. Data?

  Lt. Commander Data : Yes, sir. I thought you might want to know why I was willing to risk your life for several small machines.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I think I understand the predicament you were in. It could not have been an easy choice.

  Lt. Commander Data : No, sir, it was not. When my own status as a living being was in question, you fought to protect my rights. And for that I will always be grateful. The exocomps had no such advocate. If I had not acted on their behalf, they would have been destroyed. I could not allow that to happen, sir.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Of course you couldn't. It was the most human decision you've ever made.