Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Hate (2004)

Dann Florek: Captain Donald 'Don' Cragen

Quotes 

• Donald Cragen : Whatever this is, let's be careful not to say Muslim men like to burn their wives.

  John Munch : No, if they want to burn people, they fly an airplane full of gasoline into an office building.

  Dr. George Huang : Excuse me, but they were extremists.

  John Munch : Sorry, but my next door neighbor's Iranian. At airports, even he's scared when he sees Middle Eastern passports. I mean, let's get real. People know it's wrong, but they think it anyway.

• Oliver Gates : The confession's inadmissible.

  Donald Cragen : He was Mirandized. He never asked for a lawyer.

  Casey Novak : You can stop grandstanding, Oliver. This isn't a press conference.

• Donald Cragen : [after it's revealed that Sean Webster murdered a Muslim prisoner while in jail]  Your lawyer's gonna be pissed, Sean. You just convicted yourself.

  Sean Webster : One less Arab, one less terrorist.

  Oliver Gates : Sean, seal your lips. Not another word. Actually, my client just proved my theory correct.

  Casey Novak : What? Another murder gets him off?

  Oliver Gates : No, it gets him sent to a mental hospital for the treatment he so desperately needs.

  Casey Novak : An insanity defense? You've got no grounds.

  Oliver Gates : Sure, I do. His genes. The motion will be filed tomorrow. Sean Webster is biologically and genetically predisposed to hatred and violence. He had no control over his actions.

  Casey Novak : It'll never fly.

  Donald Cragen : You put a man's genes on trial, nobody'll ever be responsible for anything.