AAlicia
I got on the floor with her. She wasn't breathing. She was just lying there with this soft look on her face, and I remember thinking, 'This must be the way she looks when she's asleep...'
S12 E17Girl Most Likely
S12 E18Equal Rights
What choices does a woman in that situation really have?
If someone hit me, I would leave, and if I couldn't, I'd hit them back.
Well, not everyone takes Tae Bo.
You were tired of being his punching bag.
LLeslie
Yes. Anybody would be.
And the way to get all that to stop was to stay. To stay, and get him. [Leslie says nothing] Only that's not self-defense, is it?
S12 E19Slaughter
[while handcuffing a murder suspect] Just once, I'd like to make one of you bastards break the news to the parents!
TTalbot
I run a business, Mr. McCoy. Everyone loves a perfect product, but if it's too expensive or inconvenient, no one buys it. The airlines could hand-search every passenger on every flight, but the delays would put them out of business. Cars could be made as safe as tanks, but how many people could afford a car that costs as much as a house? Risk-return analysis isn't reckless. It's responsible business.
So is keeping your customers alive.
S12 E20Dazzled
That's the trouble with you AA types. You see an alcoholic behind every bush.
Which is where they are.
Home alone's a movie, not an alibi.
S12 E21Foul Play
:[meeting Jack at a basketball court where he is playing with other attorneys] What's the score?
Legal Aid's up by six. All free-throws. You know defense attorneys. They like to complain they've been fouled every chance they get.
S12 E22Attorney Client
I want a lawyer.
All right. Just try not to shoot this one.
[while interrogating Jensen] We'd offer call a lawyer for you, except that you are one.
S12 E23Oxymoron
You were dealing out of the same club, and you were seen arguing about money. In our neck of the woods, that's called a drug deal gone bad.
SSheila
That's insane!
Uh, if I were you, that defense never works.
NNicky
[to his son, Tommy, who has just testified against him] Better watch your back, Tommy.
[Bailiffs lead a frightened Tommy away]
Some people pass down pocket watches.
Tradition.
S12 E24Patriot
Briscoe: Hey, take a look, partner. There's supposed to be two towers standing over there.
Green: Look, man, I know, but it's that kind of thing that gets me pulled over on the turnpike every other month. You forget, I lived in the Middle East. Not every guy wearing a kufi is the enemy.
McCoy: We all fear the threat of terrorism and the simple fact is that our lives have changed. But what we do with that fear will ultimately define who we are. Do we let it overwhelm us, until we become so consumed with dread of what might be that we no longer give thought to what should be? Or what we stand for? Being afraid can't justify murder. Nor can calling yourself a patriot. People in this country are innocent until proven guilty. We've sent men off to die in order to protect that right. Don't let's be the first generation to succumb to fear. Not when so many who came before us stood their ground. When Frank Miller took on the role of judge, jury and executioner, his actions diminished us all. When in our name, he took it upon himself to kill a man, we all lost a measure of our humanity. But this jury has a chance to get it back. Because this jury has a chance to answer the question. How much of ourselves as a country are we willing to surrender to terrorism?
Lewin: A minority may have given in to their fears for a moment. But you were right, Jack. They came to their senses. I think the American dream is still safe.
McCoy: [paraphrasing Emma Lazarus] Give us your tired, your poor, your terrorists.
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