"Then I understand our defeat. Terra has not the honor nor the willingness to fight for the freedom that is her right."
"Terra retains her integrity."
"At the will of a conquering race."
"We are leaving the subject," said Billy. "I made a statement to the fact that Tlembo has failed and will never be able to do otherwise. You are the one that can not face facts, Indan Ko."
"We shall fight to the last."
"To the last gullible alien," snapped Thompson. "Indan Ko, how can you possibly delude yourself into the belief that you will some day be victorious?"
"Because it is our belief that slavery and conquest are evil. And I define 'evil' as any factor working against the advance of civilization."
"Can you view both sides of a personal question dispassionately?
"I have that belief."
"Then view the Loard-vogh dispassionately. Civilization throughout the Galaxy will be nothing unless the worlds are united. Stellar empires, discreet and belligerent, will result in chaos. Sectors such as Terra controlled would be embattled against sectors such as Sscantoo controls, and there would be a never-ending flurry of pacts and agreements and aggressions between one sector and others, against still others. That is chaos, Indan Ko."