Qui-Gon didn't deny that the idea alone of influencing others wasn't exactly ethically sound - one could always argue that some circumstances did call for it, but to invade another being's privacy, no matter the reasons, was always treading in dangerous territory.

"We rarely do it," Qui-Gon said, conceding Sanzo's point. "Sometimes we must. But a proper Jedi won't abuse this ability; if he or she uses it, it will be because there was no other choice. It is not about any kind of personal gain or for power."

Obi-Wan would argue that Qui-Gon himself was walking that line about Force persuasion, although Qui-Gon didn't quite agree. That time in the bongo-bongo with Jar-Jar? Had been similar to what he'd done with Sanzo. Only where Jar-Jar probably would've broken something in his panicked flailing, Sanzo might have angered the radio-man enough to get that feline on them. Or, at the very least, they would have gone weaponless.

Qui-Gon glanced out across the library as he recited the Jedi Code: "There is no emotion; there is peace. There is no ignorance; there is knowledge. There is no passion; there is serenity. There is no death; there is the Force. That is the Code of the Order."