“- Kaplan: I don't like it any more than you do, Reed, but listen.
- Sergeant Warren Reed: You listen to me, you asshole! You're talking about shutting down a major metropolitan police force! Without cops, this city would tear itself apart!”
Del Zamora - Kaplan
Robert DoQui - Sergeant Warren Reed

“I will tolerate one gang, because that is the nature of things. A certain amount of corruption is inevitable. But if I find two gangs here when I get back, then in a couple of hours there will be no gangs here.”
Ken Jenkins - Capt. Tom Pickett

“- Security Guard 1: You won't mind if we search you then? Mm?
- Security Guard 2: Or perhaps you'd rather we call your parents? Let them know you're being investigated for shop lifting which is a criminal offense in this country.”

Geoff Bell - Security Guard 1
Gary J. Tunnicliffe - Security Guard 2

“Not to go after criminals because they might try to harm you is really not a policy of the FBI.”
Richard Jenkins - Robert Grace

“I was off-duty one day in this bar in Washington Heights where cops didn't have to pay for their drinks. And a couple of guys came in to rob the place. I chased them into the street, shot two dead, got a third one in the leg. He'll never walk right again. Yeah. I quit drinking that day. It just wasn't as much fun after that.”

Liam Neeson - Matt Scudder