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"There will always be those who mean us harm," Kirk continued. "We can never know from where or from whom those threats will emerge. But we have to take them as they come. Not long ago, Christopher Pike asked me what it meant to be the captain of a starship. At the time, I was unable to see that a captain takes responsibility for his mistakes as completely and wholly as he does his successes. That is the only way he can ever become — better.
"We can all be better. That is the ideal upon which Starfleet was founded. It is who we are. It is what we must be again."