Hawk quotes from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Hawk

[about Benson] Your partner always so friendly?

Stabler

She just doesn't like you.

Hawk

[amused] Wait 'til she gets to know me.

Stabler

[about Hawkins' style] I just don't like grand-standers.

Hawk

I thought you were going to say grandfathers. That was a tough one to lose.

Stabler

[angrily] That jury sent him home to rape that kid all over again.

Hawk

Did you make your case?

Stabler

I had him nailed.

Hawk

Then you did your job.

Stabler

[snorts] That's not good enough anymore.

Hawk

Well it has to be, 'cause that's all there is.

Stabler

I told that little girl that everything was going to be okay.

Hawk

And I told the parents of Roger's victims that he'd rot in prison.

Stabler

Well at least you put him away for 18.

Hawk

Yeah, well, at least you gave that little girl a few days' peace. We never win this war, Elliot.

Hawk

[reviews old files after he has been drinking] I took 18 years from an innocent man. There's no way I can make that right.

Stabler

So what're you going to do, quit? What are you going to tell the parents of those girls? You made them a promise, and if you're the man I think you are, you'll keep it.

Stabler

Hawk? Hawk, don't do this.

Hawk

Don't do what, partner?

Stabler

We both know this isn't right.

Hawk

We both know the system sucks. This way it's just natural selection. [steps on the suspect's hand]

Stabler

Hawk, you do this, you're no better than he is.

Hawk

He sure as hell won't kill anybody else.

Stabler

This is no way to end it. Come on.

Hawk

He's an evil man, Elliot.

Stabler

And all it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.

Hawk

You gonna let an old drunk do all the work? Gimme a hand.