Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Prejudice Quotes

After being sent to prison, Kirk realizes that his hatred of Klingons blinded him from seeing the possibility of peace. He might still have some personal prejudices, but he's made the first step toward replacing them with a more accurate view.

Here we see how prejudice can spread like an infection. When leaders like Kirk succumb to this lazy way of thinking, it's only a matter of time before someone lower on the totem takes such beliefs and makes them even worse.

It's a bummer that it took such a tragedy for Kirk to come to his senses, but sometimes that's the only thing that can force us to reexamine our belief systems.