Babylon 5

It was the dawn of the third age of mankind, ten years after the Earth/Minbari war. The Babylon Project was a dream given form. Its goal: to prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could work out their differences peacefully. It's a port of call, home away from home for diplomats, hustlers, entrepreneurs, and wanderers. Humans and aliens wrapped in two million, five hundred thousand tons of spinning metal, all alone in the night. It can be a dangerous place, but it's our last best hope for peace. This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations. The year is 2258. The name of the place is Babylon 5.

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Londo Mollari: [arguing with Garibaldi] We made a mistake, I'm sorry. Here, open my wrists. [offers Garibaldi his wrists] Michael Garibaldi: Centauri don't have major arteries in their wrists. Londo: Of course not! What, do you think I am stupid?

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The best way to understand someone is to fight him, make him angry. That's when you see the real person.

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I do not like Santiago. I've always thought that a leader should have a strong chin. He has no chin, and his vice president has several. This to me is not a good combination.

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My people…we have a way, you see. We know how, and sometimes even when, we are going to die. Comes in a dream. In my dream, I am an old man, it's twenty years from now, and I am dying. My hands wrapped around someone's throat, and his around mine. We have squeezed the life out of each other. The first time I saw G'Kar, I recognized him as the one from the dream. It will happen. Twenty years from now, we'll die with our hands around each other's throats.

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Londo: What reasonable explanation is there for the slaughter of unarmed civilians? G'Kar: Curious. We wondered the same thing when you invaded our world. The wheel turns, does it not, Ambassador? Londo: We should have wiped out your kind when we had the chance. G'Kar: What happened? Run out of small children to butcher?

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