Law & Order quotes

You're in checkmate, Jack. We're not going back three moves for a do-over.

Let's not forget that we have a Constitution. Call me a stickler, but I think we should at least pretend to follow it.

McCoy

And I think that the Constitution should be used less as a shield for the guilty, and more as a sword for their innocent victims.

Suppose Lowell wasn't the one who was tortured. Suppose Fontana got him to talk by dunking his wife, or his mother, or his poodle in the toilet. Are we fine with that one, too? [McCoy says nothing] Yeah, I don't know either.

How many people have you watched wither away and die, Mr. McCoy?

McCoy

You didn't want to suffer her fate, so you pushed her treatment until it was lethal. Isn't that true, doctor?

How many nights have you sat by a dying child's bedside, praying that a treatment might work?

McCoy

But for the child, doctor? Or for yourself?

I did what I thought was right to save a young girl from a wasting hell. Did I hope it might help my chances? Yes, I did. For Emily, for me, for thousands of others. Yes, Mr. McCoy, I admit that.

McCoy

They wouldn't convict a dying man.

Maybe they figured if Emily had survived, Dr. Copelan would have won a Nobel Prize. Maybe they're right.

McCoy

Maybe they figured a vaccine that could save their own lives was more important than the life of a kid who was dying anyway.

Just who the hell do you think you are, McCoy? Who do you think you're dealing with?

McCoy

Someone who sends other people to do his dirty work for him.

Democracy is still the worst form of government, except for all the others.

When Moses was asked to part the waters, he didn't ask questions. There are those who doubt, and those who do.

What's it about this time?

Green

The murder of Sonya Vasquez.

I got no connection to that!

You won't be upset if we don't take your word for it, will you?

Listen to yourself. Your whole plan is fueled by outrage.

McCoy

Outrage is all we have right now.

Lt. Van Buren

[angry] Lesson 1 - watch and learn.

I was just offering my condolences...

Lt. Van Buren

Watch and learn!

[to Green] How many lessons are there?

Green

740.

McCoy

You can't yell "fire" in a crowded chatroom.

I recognise the logo on this bra. Frisky Kitty. Lingerie shop off Times Square.

Green

Really?

I went there for my sister-in-law's bachelorette gift, but thanks for assuming I have crappy taste in lingerie.

McCoy

[about Goodwyn] That's why I'll never get married again.

Connie

Whoa, she was your...

McCoy

Second wife's attorney.