- Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: Do you think of yourself as a black lawyer or a lawyer who's black?
- Paul Robinette: Depends on the context.
- Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: You made a decision based on something from within. You live with it, you examine it, that's all you got.
- Paul Robinette: Was it real, Mrs. Crawford? Was any of it?
- Mrs. Thelma Crawford: [pause] Astria's pregnant.
- Paul Robinette: [thinks] The Hill kid.
- Mrs. Thelma Crawford: But we're Catholic, so we thought if we said 2 white cops raped her, that her father would...
- Paul Robinette: Let her have an abortion.
- Mrs. Thelma Crawford: We didn't think it would go this far.
- Mr. Gaines: Congressman Eaton would like to make a brief statement, Your Honor.
- Judge Gloria Crutcher: With all due respect to Congressman Eaton, he has no business in this court, Mr. Gaines.
- Mr. Gaines: Justice silenced is justice denied, Your Honor.
- Judge Gloria Crutcher: [Brief, deeply annoyed pause] Congressman Eaton, go ahead sir.
- Congressman Ronald Eaton: [Stands up] Your Honor, for the record I'd like to state an overwhelming sense of disappointment at the court's handling of this affair, and I would...
- Judge Gloria Crutcher: Excuse me, *sir*. Yours and Mr. Gaines's clear implication is that I have been sitting here oppressing black Americans, and I will not have it! And while I'm on the subject, this court would like to advise the defendants: in my legal opinion, you have had reprehensible and irresponsible advice from their retained counsel. I hope you take what time has been granted to fully examine the situation and purge the contempt citation! This court does not relish having you spend one hour in jail for what it perceives to be the self-serving actions of others!
- Mike Logan: [interviewing Astria in the hospital] Astria, can you open your eyes?
- [she shakes her head]
- Mike Logan: I think you *can*, if you *try*.
- Mike Logan: Ooooooohhh.
- Donald Cragen: What's that supposed to mean?
- Mike Logan: It means I wonder just how much fuel this fire can take.
- Donald Cragen: Implying WHAT?
- Mike Logan: She's the victim, we're treating her like a suspect.
- Paul Robinette: So what? So what-what, we sit back and watch him tear the city in half? He's already set back race relations 30 years! I work with these people. I know how they feel, there is no cover-up! You know me! You think I'd be a party to it? This is unbelievable! I become a lawyer, turn down Wall Street, go into the one area I think I can help, and everybody thinks I'm a damn Oreo! Excuse me, Father.
- Paul Robinette: [to Astria] I'm sending a social worker by.
- Lester Crawford: Look, we don't need any more help from *you*!
- Paul Robinette: [Stands up] That's not an option, Lester. You beat her again, I'll come at you every way I know how.
- Judge Gloria Crutcher: Is it your intention to show *any* pertinent information in the defense of this contempt citation?
- Mr. Gaines: Apparently none that would do any good, Your Honor, as it is becoming readily apparent that the court's mind is already made up!
- Judge Gloria Crutcher: Tread lightly, Mr. Gaines, I'm becoming annoyed.