- Detective Lennie Briscoe: [about Affirmative Action] You wouldn't have gotten any complaints from me; it came in after I left the department and it'll still be there when I'm gone.
- Detective Rey Curtis: Well you wouldn't have liked my answers. When I was filling out my application, when it asked about race, I checked 'none of the above'.
- A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: Well I'd like to think I got where I am on my own merit.
- Lt. Anita Van Buren: So would I, but I got 2,000 pages of legal documents that say contrary.
- D.A. Adam Schiff: This kid killed the man that was helping him, until you can tell me why, you can have all the forensic evidence in the world, you won't get a conviction.