“My father once told me that American democracy is a peoples democracy at heart, and that it therefore can be as great as the American people, or as fallible. It depends on all of us. But our system...”

“When I was a very young actor, I cruised around in a pretty cool vehicle called the Starship Enterprise.”

“One of the gifts of 'Star Trek' is my professional work colleagues have become my lifelong friends.”

“Gene Roddenberry continually reminded us that the Star Trek Enterprise was a metaphor for starship Earth. And the strength in this starship came from its diversity, coming together and working in c...”

“'Star Trek' is about acceptance, and the strength of the Starship Enterprise is that it embraces diversity in all its forms.”

“As my audience grew more diverse, I started interjecting social justice advocacy and commentaries about LGBT equality, and it just kept growing more.”

“I figured it is always better to be unpopular by your own choice.”

“Teachers knew every one of the students, their secrets, their grades, their home situations. And all the students knew the teachers. It was like teachers were people who finally were the most popul...”

“He was highly spoken of, everybody knew; but nobody knew who had spoken highly of him”

“How many shots had to be fired to turn this child back to his home and anxious mother?”

“We are not subjects of a State founded upon law, but members of a society founded upon revolution. Revolution is our obligation: our hope of evolution. The Revolution is in the individual spirit, o...”

“To be out of touch with a society in which women have internalized their subjugation is an admirable thing.”

“That is what revolutionaries do. We sacrifice ourselves to save others.”

“In actual fact our Russian experiencewhen I use the word "Russian" I always differentiate it from the word "Soviet"I have in mind even pre-Soviet, pre-revolutinoary experiencein actual fact it is v...”

“In actual fact our Russian experience—when I use the word "Russian" I always differentiate it from the word "Soviet"—I have in mind even pre-Soviet, pre-revolutinoary experience—in actual fact it i...”