- Major Lianna Kemmer: I demand you open a channel to Earth at once.
- Susan Ivanova: I'm a Lieutenant Commander in Earth Force, Major. I don't take demands. If you will request, I will consider it.
- Major Lianna Kemmer: Very well, then. I request that you open a channel to Earthdome.
- Susan Ivanova: Request denied. Have a nice day.
- Londo Mollari: Mr. Garibaldi, do you really think, that I would do such a thing to you my good and dear friend?
- Michael Garibaldi: In a minute.
- Londo Mollari: You're right, but I didn't.
- Cmdr. Jeffrey Sinclair: Lieutenant Commander Ivanova, escort Major Kemmer off the Observation Dome.
- Susan Ivanova: With pleasure.
- Susan Ivanova: [to Kemmer] You are going to resist, I hope.
- Cmdr. Jeffrey Sinclair: You're more trouble than a toilet full of snakes, but I couldn't run this station without you.
- Michael Garibaldi: Commander, I sense a huge pay raise coming my way.
- Cmdr. Jeffrey Sinclair: [chuckling] Dream on.
- Michael Garibaldi: You want me to betray my own world?
- G'Kar: Stop seeing things in such absolute terms. The universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: Energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest.
- [first lines]
- Jane: Rumors are still running rampant in Earth Dome as President Luis Santiago continues his journey to Babylon 5. While the president is scheduled to present a new fighter wing to the station, many believe his real reason for the visit is to build support for his new alien immigration and trade agreements, which have met with strong opposition in the Senate.
- [last lines]
- Michael Garibaldi: Seventeen years ago we both died inside, but somehow we survived. For better or worse that's all we can do. Survive, and maybe one day, forget how much it can hurt to be human.
- Major Lianna Kemmer: [answering link] Kemmer, here.
- Woman: [over link] Major, we're cleared for departure.
- Major Lianna Kemmer: I'll be right there. - We've got to get set up for the president's next stop. You know how it is, always on another assignment.
- Michael Garibaldi: Yeah. I know.
- Major Lianna Kemmer: I'll see you the next time the president visits. He's fond of Babylon 5, you know.
- Michael Garibaldi: Then make sure nothing happens to him. We need all the friends we can get.
- Major Lianna Kemmer: I will. Goodbye, Michael.
- Michael Garibaldi: Goodbye.
- Major Lianna Kemmer: Goodbye.