Judge Garrett: In this courtroom, Mr. Miller, justice is blind to matters of race, creed, color, religion, and sexual orientation.
Joe Miller: With all due respect, your honor, we don't live in this courtroom, do we?
Why did I become a lawyer in the first place...? Because someone has to look out for the people who have no one on their side.
—Phoenix Wright, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Benson: Oh wow, you're still playing the race card, huh?
Ellis: 84% of the young men in New York jails are Black and Latino.
Benson: He raped her!
Ellis: So she says. We don't know. Neither one of us was there. The only thing we can do is believe our people, and we do it without question.
Benson: So that's it. You're a true believer.
Ellis: I am. And so are you.
Wilbanks: You wanted this case and you got it. It isn't easy saving the world even one case at a time, but you stick with it. You just might have a knack for it. Don't do what I did; don't quit.
Brigance: What are you talking about, quit? You're a hero, Lucien.
Wilbanks: Hero my ass. Do you think the world needed me beating cops' heads on that picket line? I was needed here. In that courtroom. And I let them push me, I gave them an excuse to kick me out and now I can never plead a case in there again. But you can. You're an attorney. Be proud. You job is to find justice no matter how well she may hide herself from you. So you go on in there and you do your job.
My father died in prison, maintaining his innocence. In order to set his memory at ease, I want to involve myself in any and all cases that could possibly turn out to be false charges.
— Fritz Verdemann, Monster
A true lawyer is one who places truth and service in the first place and the emoluments of the profession in the next place only.
