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Who Does Number 1 Work For?

by Jordan J. Ballor on Friday, May 13, 2011

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David Lohmeyer has done it again. Following this gem from the original series, David has turned up a clip from Star Trek: The Next Generation in which Captain Picard quotes Lord Acton:

David’s continuing mission? To find such quotes from the rest of the Star Trek series, including Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise (we’ll give him a pass on the cartoon series).

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paul grubbs

Someone should send this to Barry, uh I mean, Mr. President.
http://www.vilepickle.com David

If anyone knows of any other Acton quotes in popular media please let us know!

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