[to Judge Hoyle] You couldnt hack it as a lawyer. You were a bag man f — 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."

"Kaitlin Costello: [testifying why she kept a copy of the admittance form] After the operation, when that poor girl she went into a coma, Dr. Towler called me in. He told me that hed had five difficult deliveries in a row and he was tired... and he never looked at the admittance form. And he told me to change the form. He told me to change the 1 to a 9... or else... or else he said, he said hed fire me. He said Id never work again. Who were these men? Who were these men? I wanted to be a nurse!"

"Jack Warden - Mickey Morrissey"

"Charlotte Rampling - Laura Fischer"