The Defense Quotes

“The truth has no place in a courtroom. The only thing that matters is what the prosecution can prove.”
― Steve Cavanagh, The Defence

“Hustling an insurance company was like playing poker with Satan—his house, his rules.”
― Steve Cavanagh, The Defence

“What they all understood was that if they told me they were guilty but that they wanted to fight the case anyway, I could no longer represent them. That was the game.”
― Steve Cavanagh, The Defence

“You don’t need a bomb to win this case. You’ve already got one—I’m the bomb.”
― Steve Cavanagh, The Defence

“Bow ties spell danger to trial lawyers; no one is more strident in their views than a man in a bow tie.”
― Steve Cavanagh, The Defence

“Do exactly as I tell you or I’ll put a bullet in your spine.”
― Steve Cavanagh, The Defence

“It’s like a Christian archaeologist who digs up dinosaur bones testifying that the world is only five thousand years old. You can’t be in both schools at once; it’s hypocritical.”
― Steve Cavanagh, The Defence

“I still remember the taste of the Dr. Peppers,”
― Steve Cavanagh, The Defence

“he would be running a quarter over his knuckles like droplets of mercury slipping over a fork.”
― Steve Cavanagh, The Defence