- EADA Ben Stone: My father wanted me to be a doctor. I went so far as to study organic chemistry.
- Adam Schiff: What happened?
- EADA Ben Stone: I grew up.
- Carla Bowman: First of all, you've got to get a jury to buy it.
- EADA Ben Stone: After the judge instructs them about the weight this evidence should be given, your client will be convicted of several counts of larceny by extortion.
- Carla Bowman: You're dreaming.
- EADA Ben Stone: Well, if you want something badly enough, dreams have a way of coming true.
- EADA Ben Stone: You're still an accomplice. I need more than your testimony to convict.
- Peter Colson: You want corroboration? You talk to the old man.
- EADA Ben Stone: [Stunned] What?
- Peter Colson: Dwyer made a house call.
- EADA Ben Stone: He talked to Edward Vogel?
- Peter Colson: Daddy paid the bill directly. That's when Junior went ballistic and said he'd turn us in. Next thing I knew, I was reading about it in the Post.
- EADA Ben Stone: That son of a bitch!
- EADA Ben Stone: You knew all along. With your testimony, we could have gone to trial three weeks ago.
- Edward Vogel: Watch your tone, sir. I pick up the phone, and your license to be holier than everybody else on this planet can be used to wallpaper the sewer.