Alexander Siddig: Doctor Julian Bashir

Inquisition

Doctor Julian Bashir

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.

[last lines]
Captain Sisko: You said that Sloan tried to recruit you?
Doctor Bashir: I turned him down.
Captain Sisko: He doesn't strike me as a man who takes 'no' for an answer. And the next time he asks you to join his little group, you will say 'yes'!
Odo: Well, congratulations, Doctor. Looks like you're going to get to play a spy after all; only this time - for real.

Doctor Bashir: You promised me that you wouldn't go kayaking again until your shoulder had a chance to heal.
Chief O'Brien: I know; but I can't stay away. It's like the river calls to me.
Doctor Bashir: Yes, it's saying "Stay away, don't come near me, or I'll hurt you more!"

[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.

[Bashir gets his breakfast delivered to his quarters, but it turns out to be live gagh]
Doctor Bashir: Ugh... It's a little early for gagh...
[reads the card of the adressee]
Doctor Bashir: I hope you're enjoying my scones, Worf.

Doctor Bashir: I can't believe the Federation condones this kind of activity.
Odo: Personally I find it hard to believe they wouldn't. Every other great power has a unit like Section 31 - the Romulans have the Tal Shiar, the Cardassians had the Obsidian Order...
Doctor Bashir: But what does that say about us? When push comes to shove, are we willing to sacrifice our principles in order to survive?
Captain Sisko: I wish I had an answer for you, Doctor.

Doctor Bashir: Because if what you say to me is true, you function as judge, jury and executioner, and that's too much power for anyone.

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.