"Ms. Alvarez, forty-eight hours ago my husband's penis was in another woman's mouth. I don't think there's anything in the law that can help me with that."

"An "old girlfriend"... that's about as exclusive as the White Pages!"

"Of course everyone knows! I'm so old fashioned, I greet my employees with a handshake!"

"Oh Tom, you are the one person I know who sucks up to the people below you."

"Oh, you son-of-a-bitch ... you get back in here and finish what you started. Do you hear me? Do you hear me? You get back in here and finish what you started or you're fuckin' dead. You hear me? You're FUCKIN' DEAD!"

"Now you got the power. You got something I want."

"[Meredith passionately kisses Tom] There... Now that wasn't so bad, wasn't it?"

"You stick your dick in my mouth and NOW you get an attack of morality?"

"Let's get down to business."

"Why don't I just admit it? Admit that I'm that evil white guy everyone is always complaining about? Hey Chau-Minh, come down here so I can exercise my patriarchal urge!"

"Sexual harassment is about power. When did I have the power? When?"

"You wanna get fucked? Huh? Is that what you want?"

"Frances McDormand - Dr. Molly Arrington"

"Jon Seda - Alex"

"Maura Tierney - Naomi Chance"

"Stanley Anderson - Archbishop Richard Rushman"

"Tony Plana - Martinez"

"Joe Spano - Capt. Abel Stenner"

"Steven Bauer - Joey Pinero"

"Andre Braugher - Tommy Goodman"

"Terry O'Quinn - Bud Yancy"

"Alfre Woodard - Judge Miriam Shoat"

"John Mahoney - John Shaughnessy"

"Edward Norton - Aaron Stampler/Roy"

"Laura Linney - Janet Venable"

"Richard Gere - Martin Vail"

"Don't believe everything you see..."

"Sooner or later a man who wears two faces forgets which one is real."

"Judge Miriam Shoat: You are making a mockery of my courtroom, and I'm not going to allow it. I suggest you start representing your client and stop representing yourself."

"Janet Venable: Do you know what I would do if someone did that to me? I would kill him—I wouldn't hesitate. I would stab him 78 times. I would chop off his fingers, slash his throat open, carve numbers in his chest, gouge out his eyes, I swear to God! But that's me."

"He come crying to me like always, stuttering and whining. "I ca-can't take it no more, Roy. You g-got to help me". I said, "Shut your mouth, you little girl! Grow up. Be a man. Take care of yourself"."

"I got you now. You're the lawyer. You're his lawyer, ain't you? With your fancy suit. I heard about you. Well, my, my, you sure fucked this one up, counselor. Sounds to me like they're gonna shoot old Aaron so full of poison it'll come out his eyes!"

"Why gamble with money when you can gamble with people's lives? That was a joke. All right, I'll tell you. I believe in the notion that people are innocent until proven guilty. I believe in that notion because I choose to believe in the basic goodness of people. I choose to believe that not all crimes are committed by bad people. And I try to understand that some very, very good people do some very bad things."

"First thing I ask a new client is, "Have you been saving for a rainy day? Well, guess what? It's raining!""

"It’s very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the truth."

"Well, I'm not used to supposin'. I'm just a workin' man. My boss does all the supposin'-- but I'll try one. Supposin' you talk us all out of this and, uh, the kid really did knife his father?"

"Robert Webber - Juror #12"

"George Voskovec - Juror #11"

"Ed Begley - Juror #10"

"Joseph Sweeney - Juror #9 (McCardle)"

"Henry Fonda - Juror #8 (Davis)"

"Jack Warden - Juror #7"

"Ed Binns - Juror #6"

"[To #3 after he insults #9] What are you talkin' to him like that for? Guy talks like that to an old man really oughta get stepped on, you know. You oughta have more respect, mister. If you say stuff like that to him again... I'm gonna lay you out."

"Jack Klugman - Juror #5"

"E.G. Marshall - Juror #4"

"Lee J. Cobb - Juror #3"

"John Fiedler - Juror #2"

"Martin Balsam - Juror #1"

"Judge: If there's a reasonable doubt in your minds as to the guilt of the accused, a reasonable doubt, then you must bring me a verdict of not guilty. If however, there is no reasonable doubt, then you must in good conscience find the accused guilty. However you decide, your verdict must be unanimous. In the event that you find the accused guilty, the bench will not entertain a recommendation for mercy. The death sentence is mandatory in this case. You are faced with a grave responsibility. Thank you, gentlemen."