William Sadler credited as playing...
Director Luther Sloan
- Sloan: [referring to Bashir's solitary confinement when he was a prisoner of the Dominion] Did you meet with anyone during that week?
- Doctor Bashir: I was alone.
- Sloan: You're sure about that?
- Doctor Bashir: Wait, um, let me think... Was I alone in solitary? Yes - I think I was.
- [Bashir is being investigated by Section 31]
- Doctor Bashir: What does Section 31 do, apart from kidnapping Starfleet officers?
- Sloan: We search out and identify potential dangers to the Federation.
- Doctor Bashir: And once identified?
- Sloan: We deal with them.
- Doctor Bashir: How?
- Sloan: Quietly.
- Sloan: We're on the same team. We believe in the same principles that every other Federation citizen holds dear.
- Doctor Bashir: And yet you violate those principles as a matter of course.
- Sloan: In order to protect them.
- Doctor Bashir: Well, I'm sorry, but the ends don't always justify the means.
- Sloan: Really? - How many lives do you suppose you've saved in your medical career?
- Doctor Bashir: What has that got to do with anything?
- Sloan: Hundreds, thousands? Do you suppose those people give a damn that you lied to get into Starfleet Medical? I doubt it. We deal with threats to the Federation that jeopardize its very survival. If you knew how many lives *we've* saved, I think you'd agree that the ends do justify the means. I'm not afraid of bending the rules every once in a while if the situation warrants it. And I don't think you are either.
- Doctor Bashir: What if I decide to expose you?
- Sloan: Let's just say, I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it.
- Sloan: I've had enough of your lies, Doctor! You think you're smarter than the rest of us, don't you? You think you're smarter than the millions of brave men and women who put their lives on the line for the Federation? You want to do things the hard way - fine. But I'm gonna get the truth out of you, and when I'm done, I'm gonna take whatever is left of you and I'm gonna lock it away.