Judge Thayer quotes from Law & Order

Reverend Thayer

Now is the time to remember the real Tommy Richardson, and what he meant to this community. He was a symbol of what every child born into poverty could achieve. He gave back to his people his time, his energy, his love. And he tried to help even more. He tried to help others by giving money. But to get that money, he sold drugs. And he was shot to death in the gutter because of it. What Tommy Richardson wanted to do for his people was right! But he did it the wrong way! And the policeman who shot him, that was wrong, too! But it would not have happened without drugs!

Judge Thayer

[to Kincaid, his ex-lover] You weren't my best, but you're proving to be my most expensive.

Your Honor, this is insufficient. The defendant is behaving as if someone else committed this crime.

You want him on his knees, Ben?

Judge Thayer

Walter...

Judge Schreiber, to you. Now, I've heard all the dodging and weaving I can take on this one. You wore the same robes I do, you know the drill. Now, if you want to dance, you can come back and dance at a trial, so let's hear it. All of it.