Then I say unto you...
Send men to summon......WOOOOORRRRMMMMSSSSSS!!!!
The delivery of that line cracks me up every time!
To lose is to win, and he who wins shall lose.
They use to say if mankind could fly, he'd have wings.
But he did fly.
He discovered he had to.
Do you wish that the first Apollo mission hadn't reached the moon, or that we hadn't gone on to Mars and then to the nearest star? That's like saying you wish that you still operated with scalpels and sewed your patients up with catgut like your great-great-great-great grandfather used to.
I'm in command. I could order this, ...but I'm not. Because Doctor McCoy is RIGHT in pointing out the ENORMOUS... danger potential in any contact with life and intelligence as fantastically-advanced-as-this. But I must point out that the possibilities - the potential for knowledge and advancement is equally great.
RISK!
Risk is our business. That's what this starship is all about. That's why we're aboard her.