Is it always going to come down to a war between the Prime Directive and my conscience?” He resisted the thought. “No. I believe in the Prime Directive. It’s not just an arbitrary rule, but a check on human arrogance. It reminds us to trust that other civilizations are intelligent and capable enough to solve their own problems . . . better qualified to understand their own needs than outsiders are. It’s about recognizing that the Federation’s superior technology does not equal superior wisdom or intellectual capacity.”
