The Last Best Hope Quotes

“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.”
― Una McCormack, The Last Best Hope

“A simple, magnificent equation: ingenuity plus hope equals change”
― Una McCormack, Star Trek: Picard: The Last Best Hope

“You are not responsible for the choices made by others,” she had said. “To attribute to oneself that power is to assume that you have the right to compel others. And that is to deceive yourself.”
― Una McCormack, The Last Best Hope

“There are political ramifications to a statement like that—” “Councilor Quest, I leave politics to the politicians. But we must be very clear—math is math. Let me remind you what a great scientist once said, when asked to make mathematics bend to the wishes of politicians. ‘Nature cannot be fooled.’ ” Around her there was a great stir. Quest looked uncomfortable. “My job,” said Safadi, “is to tell you as clearly as possible what my observations of nature are telling me. I’ve told you that, Councilor Quest. Now you must decide what you want to do with that information.”
― Una McCormack, The Last Best Hope

“The days are long and quiet. They accumulate. There is no end to them. Picard walks the lanes around his fields. He broods. He writes—long, long books about great men and great deeds. Wine is made, and drunk. Winter comes, then spring, then harvest, then another deep cold winter. The cycle is endless. The huge clock ticks in the hall, eating time. His mind goes around in circles. What shall I do, now? Where do I go? Who am I?”
― Una McCormack, The Last Best Hope

“Tell a lie often enough, someone will believe it.” “It’s worse than that, Kirsten. Tell a lie often enough, and it stands a good chance of becoming the truth.”
― Una McCormack, The Last Best Hope

“He would find consolation in the reminder that all flesh was as grass, that in the end all our striving came to nothing, but that in that brief aching and vivid time that we call life, one must do all that was possible to protect, conserve, and nurture this phenomenon of life.”
― Una McCormack, The Last Best Hope

“Picard made sure Elnor got to bed, as he promised, and recited to him some of The Little Prince that he remembered.”
― Una McCormack, The Last Best Hope

“Our hearts go out to these people in need, but surely there are questions to be asked about whether this is the best solution. The border is destabilized. Floods of refugees. Do we have the ability to help them properly? Do we have the right? Maybe we should be considering whether Romulan space is better for Romulans.” You could hear the dog-whistle a klick off, Clancy thought sourly. Nevertheless, these interviews, which gathered pace in the last ten days of her campaign, had propelled Quest into office.”
― Una McCormack, The Last Best Hope