Jonathan Archer

"So if anyone has a suggestion, I'm all ears. No offense." - Archer to Vulcans; commiting a faux pas

"Starfleet could have sent a probe out here, to make maps and take pictures, but they didn't. They sent us, so that we could explore with our own senses." - Archer to T'Pol

Archer : "This time we won't be leaving before we're ready."
Trip : "Are your ears a little pointier than usual?"

People :

Charles Tucker III, Jonathan Archer

"Some day, my people are going to come up with some sort of a doctrine, something that tells us what we can and can't do out here, should and shouldn't do. But until somebody tells me that they have drafted that directive, I'm going to have to remind myself that we didn't come out here to play god." - Archer to Phlox

Bu'Kah : "I've never seen your kind before, but you have made an enemy of the Klingon Empire!"
Archer : "From what I've noticed, that's not hard to do."

People :

Jonathan Archer, Bu'Kah

"I'm not asking anyone to pin a medal on her. All I'm asking is that she be given a second chance." - Archer to Sopek; regarding T'Pol

"They're really not all that interesting once you get to know them." - Archer to Krem; regarding Vulcans

"Come on, Travis. We've gotta find Mr. Reed something to blow up." - Archer to Mayweather

"You might think about putting up a no tresspassing sign." - Archer to Grat; regarding his accidental intrusion into their space

"The irony is, I have the feeling his cause is worth fighting for." - Archer to T'Pol; concerning his refusal to side with Zobral

"I said, you're an ugly bastard!" - Archer to Silik

"If a Human and a Vulcan did have a child... I wonder if he'd have pointed ears?" - Archer to T'Pol; a laugh-out-loud moment for Spock fans

"I might have expected something like this from a first year recruit, but not you. You did exactly what I'd do? If that's true then I've done a pretty lousy job setting an example around here. You're a senior officer on this ship, you're privy to the moral challenges I've had to face. You know I've wrestled with the fine line between doing what I think is right and interfering with other species. So don't tell me you know what I would have done when I don't even know what I would have done!" - Archer to Trip

"Sounds to me like we have only postponed the invasion until... what? The 24th century?" - Archer to T'Pol

"That species we became, they cease to exist the moment this virus is gone." - Archer to Phlox; on his reason for not destroying the virus

"They kidnapped the wrong people." - Archer to T'Pol; Yay humans!

"Go ahead, try to blow yourself up. I'll wait." - Archer to D'Jamat

"Your faith was going to bring peace. Here it is." - Archer to D'Jamat; surveying the ruins of his home world

"The last thing I need is to hear is that two of my senior officers have been admitted to sickbay because they suddenly regressed to the level of five year olds!" - Archer to Reed and Hayes

"Thanks for your help." - Archer to Degra; sarcastically, after fooling him into revealing the location of the Xindi weapon

"I'm going to ask all of you to think back to the day when this ship was first launched. We were explorers then. When all this is over, when Earth is safe, I want you to get back to that job. There are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy, we've only explored a tiny fraction. You have a lot to do. Of all the captains who will sit in this chair, I can't imagine any of them being more proud than I am right now." - Archer to crew

Trip : "You did the right thing."
Archer : "Seems the longer we're out here, the more I have to keep saying that to myself."

People :

Charles Tucker III, Jonathan Archer

"We came into the Expanse not knowing what we'd find, with no one to rely on but ourselves. But we're going to succeed, to accomplish our mission, for everyone on Earth who's relying on us... and for the eighteen." - Archer to crew; at the memorial service

"I've been told that people are calling us heroes. When it comes to my crew, you won't get any argument from me." - Archer to well, just about everybody!

"Why are you so surprised? Whenever a group of people start believing they're better than everybody else, the results are always the same." - Archer to Soong; on the Augment's abandoning Smike

"'Superior ability breeds superior ambition.' One of their creators wrote that. He was murdered by an Augment." - Archer to Soong

"Maybe you've evolved into beings with abilities I can't comprehend. But you've paid a hell of a price. You've lost compassion and empathy, things that give life meaning. If that's what it takes to be advanced, I don't want any part of it." - Archer to the Organian

Gral : "I'm told this ship is the pride of Starfleet. I find it small and unimpressive."
Archer : "Funny. I was about to say the same thing about you."

People :

Jonathan Archer, Gral

"The Xindi are trying to destroy Earth because they heard that Humans are ruthless, this is the chance to prove them wrong." - Archer to Reed

"When I was on the future Enterprise, four hundred years from now, there were Xindi aboard. Humans and Xindi were serving together in the Federation. That's a future worth fighting for." - Archer to Degra

T'Pol : "Over the centuries his followers made copies of his teachings."
Archer : "Let me guess, With the originals lost whatever's left is open to interpretation."
T'Pol : "You find this amusing?"
Archer : "I find it familiar."

People :

Jonathan Archer, Doctor Noonien Soong

"If you want to know what it means to be Human, you need to do more than observe." - Archer to Organians

Navaar : "I can see you're not very experienced at making threats."
Archer : "I'm a lot better at carrying them out."

People :

Jonathan Archer, Navaar

"Have these Guardians told you where you'll establish your new home world? The one Humans are destined to destroy? Is it here, in the Expanse? In case you haven't noticed, the Spheres are turning it into a trans-dimensional wasteland! None of you will be able to survive. You say the Guardians have helped you? Have they ever tried to disable the Spheres? Because we've found a way. Help me save my people, and I can help you save yours." - Archer to Xindi Council

"I don't know much about Vulcan ethics but Humans don't throw morality out the window when things start getting a little rough." - Archer to T'Pol

"That ship out there is the key to our victory. With the Defiant on our side there will be nothing to stop us!" - Mirror Archer to crew

"Up until about a hundred years ago, there was one question that burned in every human, that made us study the stars and dream of travelling to them, 'Are we alone?' Our generation is privileged to know the answer to that question. We are all explorers, driven to know what's over the horizon, what's beyond our own shores. And yet, the more I've experienced, the more I've learned that no matter how far we travel, or how fast we get there, the most profound discoveries are not necessarily beyond that next star. They're within us, woven into the threads that bind us, all of us, to each other. A final frontier begins in this hall. Let's explore it together." - Archer to the conference

Picard : "Space, the final frontier these are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. It's continuing mission..."
Kirk : "...to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations..."
Archer : "...to boldly go where no man has gone before."
(The last words spoken in the series)

People :

James T. Kirk, Jonathan Archer, Jean-Luc Picard