“- Rachel: You have no right to keep us here.
- John Book: Yes I do. Your son's a material witness to a homicide.
- Rachel: You don't understand. We want nothing to do with your laws.
- John Book: Doesn't surprise me. A lot of people I meet are like that.”
Kelly McGillis - Rachel
Harrison Ford - John Book

“You may think you're getting off free, but there's other justice in this world besides the law!”

Jocelyn Brando - Mrs. Ritter

“- Nick: They're tough in Louisiana, Libby. You shoot me, they'll give you the gas chamber.
- Libby: No they won't. It's called double jeopardy. I learned a few things in prison, Nick. I could shoot you in the middle of Mardi Gras and they can't touch me.
- Travis: As an ex-law professor, I can assure you she is right.”
Bruce Greenwood - Nick
Ashley Judd - Libby
Tommy Lee Jones - Travis

“You live your life, believing in things like justice and the law. Then someone grabs you off the street in broad daylight. Walks right past the police and tells you that he'll reach out from beyond the grave and kill your son. You don't think about right or wrong, you only think about survival. You do what you have to do.”
Joanne Whalley - Valerie Alston

“I have one simple belief. That the law is the only thing that's capable of making people equal. Now you may think that Mark Blackwell is white trash, and he may very well have been. But in the eyes of the state, his life matters. I'm going to impale your client on a first degree murder charge. And you get a front row seat.”

Billy Bob Thornton - Dwight Dickham