As a matter of cosmic history, it has always been easier to destroy than to create.
— Spock, Captain Spock (Leonard Nimoy)
7 seconds sound clip from the Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:46:50 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Suppose... What if this thing were used where life already exists?
- It would destroy such life in favor of its new matrix.
- Do you have any idea what you're saying?
- I was not attempting to evaluate its moral implications, Doctor.
- As a matter of cosmic history, it has always been easier to destroy than to create.
- Not anymore! Now we can do both at the same time.
- I do not dispute, that in the wrong hands...
- In the wrong hands? Would you mind telling me whose are the right hands, my logical friend?
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