My scare value is high. My arena is controversy. My tough front is my biggest asset.

- Roy Cohn

I don't want to know what the law is, I want to know who the judge is.

- Roy Cohn

I bring out the worst in my enemies and that's how I get them to defeat themselves.

- Roy Cohn

Go after a man's weakness, and never, ever, threaten unless you're going to follow through, because if you don't, the next time you won't be taken se…

- Roy Cohn

I don't write polite letters. I don't like to plea-bargain. I like to fight.

- Roy Cohn

McCarthy generally, as an individual, was a liberal. He was, in economic philosophy and a lot of other things, extremely liberal.

- Roy Cohn