"Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Before we begin, I must apologize for the unpleasantness of this task. What you are about to see is going to take your breath away. "Hustler" magazine depicts men and women posed together in a lewd and shameful manner. "Hustler" magazine depicts women and women posed together in a lewd and shameful manner. "Hustler" magazine depicts Santa Claus posed in a lewd and shameful manner."

"Larry, I don't work at the magazine anymore. People there don't listen to me and they don't talk to me. They're afraid of me and they don't shake my hand... Larry, I went to Dr. Robert and... he told me that I was sick. I mean, sick, sick. I mean, I've got AIDS, Larry."

"Nobody on this planet wants their religion and their pornography together."

"The reign of Christian terror is over. We're going back to our roots. We are smut peddlers again."

"At the heart of the First Amendment is the recognition of the fundamental importance of the free flow of ideas. Freedom to speak one's mind is not only an aspect of an individual liberty, but is essential to the quest for truth and the vitality of society as a whole. In the world of debate about public affairs, many things done with motives that are less than admirable are nonetheless protected by the first amendment."

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have heard a lot today, and I'm not gonna go back over it, but you have to go into that room and make some decisions. But before you do, there's something you need to know. I am not trying to suggest that you should like what Larry Flynt does. I don't like what Larry Flynt does, but what I do like is the fact that I live in a country where you and I can make that decision for ourselves. I like the fact that I live in a country where I can pick up Hustler magazine and read it, or throw it in the garbage can if that's where I think it belongs."

"Unpopular speech is absolutely vital to the health of our nation."

"[Walking past protesters protesting outside his strip club] Thank you all for coming. Welcome to my establishment, we welcome Christians in here too."

"These are my friends - lots of money, lots of friends."

"What is more obscene: Sex or war?"

"Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one."

"I think the real obscenity comes from raisin' our youth to believe that sex is bad and ugly and dirty and yet it is heroic to go spill guts and blood in the most ghastly manner in the name of humanity. With all the taboos attached to sex, it's no wonder we have the problems we have. It's no wonder we're angry and violent and genocidal. But ask yourself the question. What is more obscene? Sex or war?"

"[Incredulous after prison sentence] Twenty-five years? All I'm guilty of is bad taste."

"Why do I have to go to jail to protect your freedom?"

"I got money, which gives me the power to shake up the system."

"[to Alan] You don't want to quit me, I'm your dream client: I'm the most fun, I'm rich, and I'm always in trouble."

"If you don't like Hustler magazine, don't read it."

"If the First Amendment will protect a scumbag like me, it will protect all of you."

"The definition of rehabilitate: To restore to a state of physical, mental, and moral health through treatment and training."

"Kyra Sedgwick – Blanche, Hooker"

"Stefan Gierasch – Warden James Humson"

"Ben Slack – Jerry Hoolihan"

"Mia Kirshner – Adult Rosetta Young"

"R. Lee Ermey – Judge Clawson"

"Brad Dourif – Byron Stamphill"

"Stephen Tobolowsky – Mr. Henkin"

"William H. Macy – D.A. William McNeil"

"Embeth Davidtz – Mary McCasslin"