“Prince of the City” quotes

“I say we think he's a rat, and we think we should fuckin' clip him. He says if you think he's a rat, then you should clip him. But if you do, you better be sure he's a rat. Because the people that like him, they're good people.”

Tony DiBenedetto - Officer Carl Alagretti

- Assistant U.S. Atty. Brooks Paige: Was he wired tonight?
- Assistant U.S. Atty. Rick Cappalino: How would I know? He consults the spirits. Thinks he's some kinda goddamn gypsy fortune teller. "Tonight? Mmmm, oh no tonight, much danger. No, no wire".

Paul Roebling - Assistant U.S. Atty. Brooks Paige
Norman Parker - Assistant U.S. Atty. Rick Cappalino

“Gino, you and I know you're a whore. Just a poor old whore who bellies up for any crook with two bucks. A whore and a thief. As far as I'm concerned you only have two options. You cooperate with us, you make the calls, or you go to jail with the other thieves. I don't even want to think about the third option.”
Bob Balaban - Santimassino

“- Assistant U.S. Atty. Rick Cappalino: There was never a hint of corruption in that office. Maybe you know something I don't. Danny, you called me. So why are you here? If you know anything about lawyers or D.A.'s I would love to hear it. Is it common practice to sell narcotics in the narcotics division?
- Detectove Daniel Ciello: Where do you...” (continue)(continue reading)
Norman Parker - Assistant U.S. Atty. Rick Cappalino
Treat Williams - Detective Daniel Ciello

“I sleep with my wife, but I live with my partners.”
Treat Williams - Detective Daniel Ciello

“The law means everything to me and if any arm of the law is corrupt nothing can work, nothing. It is simple as that.”
James Tolkan - Assistant U.S. Atty. George Polito

“You want a conviction, but you've got these stupid search and seizure laws. And wiretaps. Case one never got made without an illegal wiretap. And you're never gonna get a conviction if a cop don't commit perjury. What is it that you want? You want the big dealer out of business? The only way I know to push him out of business is to steal his...” (continue)(continue reading)
Tony Page - Detective Raf Alvarez

Lawyers wearing 400 dollar suits who come up to cops in hallways and say, "Hey pal, listen, this case doesn't mean shit. Here's 50 dollars". Here's a hundred dollars. Five hundred dollars. Fifteen thousand dollars. Fifteen thousand dollars! Fuck, I mean, we know how you guys become judges. You pay 50 thousand and zap you're wearing robes! You... (continue)(continue reading)
Treat Williams - Detective Daniel Ciello

“What you are gonna do gentlemen, is you're gonna make my word good. The target is cops, the weapon is indictments. And I don't give one infinitesimal fuck if they are indictments that will stick or not. Because to a cop any indictment means a departmental trial, which is a euphemism for finished. End of gun, badge, pension, and pals. So I want...” (continue)(continue reading)

Bobby Alto - Mr. Kanter

“- Detective Daniel Ciello: You remember Martinez? You bonded him. He says he paid you back. He's waiting for trial on Rikers. He says he's got a tape on you where you admit that he paid you. Now you're squeezing him. If you don't stop, he's gonna play the tape, ok? That's a felony.
- Dave DeBennedeto: Now let me tell you something. He's a rat...” (continue)(continue reading)
Treat Williams - Detective Daniel Ciello
Ron Karabatsos - Dave DeBennedeto

“I know the law. The law doesn't know the streets.”
Treat Williams - Detective Daniel Ciello