“Brace yourselves, I think you're about to witness a murder.”
Denzel Washington - Doug Carlin

“- Rachel: You have no right to keep us here.
- John Book: Yes I do. Your son's a material witness to a homicide.
- Rachel: You don't understand. We want nothing to do with your laws.
- John Book: Doesn't surprise me. A lot of people I meet are like that.”
Kelly McGillis - Rachel
Harrison Ford - John Book

“- John Book: The man who was killed tonight was a policeman, and it's my job to find out what happened. I want you to tell me everything you saw when you went into the bathroom.
- Samuel: There were two.
- John Book: There were two men?
- Samuel: I only saw one.”
Harrison Ford - John Book
Lukas Haas - Samuel

“- Gloria Russell: He saw.
- Allen Richmond: He saw nothing. He saw a drunk woman who liked rough sex too much. He's a burglar. Who's gonna believe him? After all, it's not as if he has any evidence or anything.”

Judy Davis - Gloria Russell
Gene Hackman - President Richmond

“- Alan Dershowitz: Well, a priest is the ideal witness: it's like getting the word of God.
- Claus von Bülow: I checked. God is unavailable.”
Ron Silver - Alan Dershowitz
Jeremy Irons - Claus von Bülow