“- Michelle Genest: You said stuff was legal or illegal. Well, what about it being right or wrong?
- Jesse Stone: I'm not in the right and wrong business. I'm in the legal and illegal business.”
Britt Robertson - Michelle Genest
Tom Selleck - Jesse Stone

“Is that play legal?”

Patrick LaBrecque - George

“- Aaron Levinsky: Mrs. Draper, could you tell me your understanding of the legal concept of justifiable force?
- Claudia Draper: That's when someone's beating your brains out the back of your head, you're allowed to stop them any way you can.”
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss - Aaron Levinsky
Barbra Streisand - Claudia Draper

“- Julian Marty: I got a job for you.
- Private Detective Loren Visser: Uh, well, if the pay's right, and it's legal, I'll do it.
- Julian Marty: It's not strictly legal.
- Private Detective Loren Visser: Well, if the pay's right, I'll do it.”
Dan Hedaya - Julian Marty
M. Emmet Walsh - Private Detective Loren Visser

“- Joe Hallenbeck: Ratings are down. So you're gonna bribe some senators to legalize gambling.
- Sheldon Marcone: Legalize sports gambling. You see, with all the heroes gone, legalized gambling is about the only thing that'll save the beast.”
Bruce Willis - Joe Hallenbeck
Noble Willingham - Sheldon Marcone