Ace Attorney Quotes

“It's only natural for living creatures to fight to protect their own lives. But what makes us human is that we fight for others. But who do you fight for? How hard must you fight...? That's the true measure of what human life is worth. We defense attorneys are warriors who are constantly challenged by that question. Even when the battle is over, and the bonds that connect us are severed... We always return... Time and time again.”
― Shu Takumi

“Sometimes you just have to play the role of a fool to fool the fool who thinks they are fooling you.”
― Shu Takumi

“You can't cry yet. The only time a lawyer can cry is when it’s all over.”
― Shu Takumi

“No one can change the past. The only thing we can do is strive to make up for our mistakes. Why must we make up for our mistakes, you ask? Because in so doing... we can find the way back to our path. And once we've found our path, we can move on from our past mistakes toward a brighter future.”
― Shu Takumi

“A lawyer is someone who smiles no matter how bad it gets.”
― Shu Takumi

“I hope you see the importance of evidence now. Also, hopefully you realize, things change depending on how you look at them. People, too. We never really know if our clients are guilty or innocent. All we can do is believe in them. And in order to believe in them, you have to believe in yourself.”
― Shu Takumi

“The guilty will always lie, to avoid being found out. There's no way to tell who is guilty and who is innocent! All that I can hope to do is get every defendant declared "guilty"! So I make that my policy.”
― Shu Takumi

“Our job is to find truth, no matter how painful it may be.”
― Shu Takumi

“A defense attorney's job is to believe in people, and to believe until the bitter end.”
― Shu Takumi

“Evidence is everything. There is nothing more.”
― Shu Takumi

“Achtung, baby! Today we play it my way!”
― Shu Takumi