Kaitlin Costello: [testifying why she kept a copy of the admittance fo — The Verdict

"[to Laura] I know how you feel. You dont believe me, but I do know. Im going to tell you something that I learned when I was your age. Id prepared a case and old man White said to me, "How did you do?" And, uh, I said, "Did my best." And he said, "Youre not paid to do your best. Youre paid to win." And thats what pays for this office... pays for the pro bono work that we do for the poor... pays for the type of law that you want to practice... pays for my whiskey... pays for your clothes... pays for the leisure we have to sit back and discuss philosophy as were doing tonight. Were paid to win the case. You finished your marriage. You wanted to come back and practice the law. You wanted to come back to the world. Welcome back."

"You know, so much of the time were just lost. We say, "Please, God, tell us what is right; tell us what is true." And there is no justice: the rich win, the poor are powerless. We become tired of hearing people lie. And after a time, we become dead... a little dead. We think of ourselves as victims... and we become victims. We become... we become weak. We doubt ourselves, we doubt our beliefs. We doubt our institutions. And we doubt the law. But today you are the law. You ARE the law. Not some book... not the lawyers... not the, a marble statue... or the trappings of the court. See those are just symbols of our desire to be just. They are... they are, in fact, a prayer: a fervent and a frightened prayer. In my religion, they say, "Act as if ye had faith... and faith will be given to you." IF... if we are to have faith in justice, we need only to believe in ourselves. And ACT with justice. See, I believe there is justice in our hearts."

"Kevin Doneghy: You guys... you guys are all the same! The doctors at the hospital, you... its always what Im going to do for you. And then you screw up, and its, "Ah, we did the best that we could, Im dreadfully sorry." And people like us live with your mistakes the rest of our lives."

"Jack Warden - Mickey Morrissey"

"Charlotte Rampling - Laura Fischer"

"So Pat says, he says, "They got this new bar... and you go inside and for half a buck you get a beer, a free lunch and they take you in the back room - they get you laid... Mike says, "Now wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Do you mean to say theres a new bar and you go inside and for a half a buck they give you a beer, a free lunch and they take you in the back room and they get you laid?" Pat says, "Thats right." "Have you ever been in the bar?" And he says, "No, but me sister has."