Law & Order (TV Series)

Intolerance (1992)

Michael Moriarty: Executive ADA Ben Stone

Quotes 

• Ben Stone : The Court of Appeals is moving with the Supreme Court.

  Leonard Willis : The Court of Appeals changes its mind more often than I change my socks. That permit was for the Borland business. The warrant was for the Borland home. Any idiot can see the cops were relying on the phone call.

  Judge Thomas Simon : I'm not even an idiot, I can see it.

• Adam Schiff : Cloudy, muddy, murky. The jury has enough reasonable doubt to bottle it and sell it.

  Paul Robinette : You can hear Willis in summation: "The defendants lied because they were scared. Yes they owned a gun, but did they use it?"

  Ben Stone : Marian Borland. What did she tell the cops? "The kids were competitive, it was unhealthy." The only unhealthy competition was hers, for her son's glory.

  Adam Schiff : Are you prosecuting or preaching?

  Ben Stone : She pulled the trigger. Not physically...

  Adam Schiff : Oh, metaphysically.

  Ben Stone : She harped on the Chong kid every day. Why did Randy kill him? You kick a dog long enough, it bites.

  Paul Robinette : You want to try that in your summation?

  Adam Schiff : It won't get you a conviction.

  Ben Stone : Might get us a deal.