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"No traffic, no complaints, no noise; traders, troublemakers and
ambassadors all tucked snugly in their little beds. I love this time of
night."
"There is no night in deep space.  And time is a meaningless concept when
you stop to think about it."
  -- Ivanova and a C&C crew member, "GROPOS"
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"Earth Force calls it a classified operation.  I call it a nightmare."
  -- Ivanova, "GROPOS"
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"Twenty thousand Gropos aren't exactly inconspicuous."
  -- Garibaldi, "GROPOS"
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"What the Hell is Earth Central up to?"
'Something I hoped we'd never hear again:  the rattling of sabers.'
  -- Garibaldi and Sheridan, "GROPOS"
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"Yeah, I got a problem.  Just give me a minute to find a ladder and we'll
hash it out face to face."
  -- Lt. Keffer, "GROPOS"
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"You know what they say about old soldiers don't you?  They still kick
butt with the best of them."
  -- General "Firestorm" Franklin, "GROPOS"
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"Leave it to the infantry to ruin a guy's morning."
        -- Garibaldi, "GROPOS"
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"I had an Alfredo Garibaldi under my command during the Dilgar invasion.
    Excellent soldier."
'That was my dad.'
"So much for genetics."
        -- General Franklin and Garibaldi, "GROPOS"
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"Life is life, whether it's wrapped in skin, scales, or feathers. Now
 if you respected these beings instead of constantly trying to murder
 them, you'd appreciate that!"
        -- Dr. Franklin (to his father), "GROPOS"
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"We are all slaves to our histories. If there is to be a...bright future,
    we must learn to break those chains."
'The only thing you can count on the Narn and Centauri to do is break
    each other's heads.'
        -- Delenn and Garibaldi, "GROPOS"
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"There's only one truth about war: people die. Killing is part of a
 soldier's job. We can't deny it. We can only live with it and hope
 the reasons for doing it are justified."
        -- Sheridan, "GROPOS"
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"Tell me something, Captain.  When you destroyed the Black Star, did you
feel like a murderer?"
'That's not an easy question to answer.  I suppose the Minbari consider me
one.'
  -- General Franklin and Sheridan, "GROPOS"
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"A man who won't stand up for his own principles is not really a man at
all."
  -- General Franklin, "GROPOS"
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"One of the dancers is missing from the Dark Star."
  -- Lou Welch, "GROPOS"
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"Any Gropo who ain't scared is either dead, or stupid.  Don't worry about
it, kid.  It's what keeps you going when you're in it."
  -- Large (a ground pounder), "GROPOS"
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"Garibaldi, for a security slug you are a lousy liar."
  -- Dodger (a ground pounder), "GROPOS"
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"Are you all right?"
'Best thing next to sex!'
"You're all right!"
  -- Garibaldi and Dodger, after a bar fight, "GROPOS"