I don't care what that book says. There's no forgiving this.

Riley

Violet: This is a list of the recently paroled offenders that Angela worked with. Some pretty big hitters on here too. Rapists. Killers.
Dixon: Could be something. Could be nothing. Then again, I have no idea what these guys dream of in prison.

I'm sorry if Jack McCoy leaving disrupted the stability in your life. But I'm going to be as transparent as I can. I am not the next Jack McCoy. I do not want to be the next Jack McCoy. But that does not mean that I am whoring this office out to whichever cases will win me reelection.

Baxter

Baxter: I want to win reelection because I love trying cases and I love getting people justice. And if you can't accept that's who I am, you can get the hell out.
Nolan: I think you're the one whose perception of me is beginning to affect this relationship. I'm not the one comparing you to Jack McCoy. But there is no point to us debating this. We have a trial to win and Sean Payne takes the stand tomorrow.

I never understood her devotion to helping such terrible people. Nice people need therapists too, not just killers and rapists.

Angela's Mother

Riley: Do you have any idea who might have killed Angela?
Mark: No. She was amazing. But... she worked with a lot of people who were terrible.

Baxter: The election's coming up in less than a month.
Nolan: Maybe I should take first chair.
Baxter: What's that supposed to mean?
Nolan: I'm not encumbered by the political baggage you are.
Baxter: I don't want to hide, Nolan. I want to win.

Baxter: I'll take first chair.
Nolan: You? But you're the district attorney. Surely you have more important things to do.
Baxter: Than get justice for a woman who was murdered?

Sean: It could be that Angela was a whore so one of the guys she hooked up with —
Shaw[getting in his face]: SAY THAT AGAIN!

If I step aside now, the governor can appoint someone new. Someone with integrity. It's been a hell of a ride.

McCoy

When I beame district attorney, I took an oath to act fairly and ethically, without bias or favor. I have tried to the best of my ability to uphold that sacred oath.

McCoy

I have nothing but respect for Jack McCoy, but if you subpoena my son, I will bury you. I will pull my support for McCoy and use my immense power to get his opponent elected, and that new DA's first act will be to fire you in a very public and humiliating way.

Mayor Payne

Law & Order Quotes

Bernard: We'd like to see the surveillance footage from last night, if that's possible.
Mrs. King: I'm afraid I haven't used them in years.
Donovan: Your husband is the most hated man in America and you don't even turn on the alarm?
Mrs. King: I'm from North Carolina. We don't even lock our front doors.

Every victim deserves our respect, even the ones that raped 40 women.

Bernard