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  • In Season 1, Becker gets smeared by a journalist in the diner who misconstrues his comments to Jake and to an Asian taxi driver who had just crashed into him as racist. Despite Margaret telling him to let it blow over, when Becker hears Tetzloff attacking him again on the radio, he goes to the station to confront him. He not only chews out Tetzloff for being a dick and insults both the readers who believed his column and the station's listeners (which the DJ actually agrees with), but also turns the tables on Tetzloff when he points out that he made his own politically incorrect assumption about where Becker's neighbour comes from.
    Becker: You took a private conversation, you imbued it with racial overtones, all under the guise of political correctness. You know something, that concept was meant to make us more sensitive to each other but instead all you did was use it to perpetuate some ugly stereotypes!
    Tetzloff: (stammering) Well that certainly wasn't my intention.
    Becker: Yeah, well, that's what you did.
  • When Becker is sued for malpractice by a patient who suffered a heart attack while exercising based on the Doctor's advice, his angry tirade on the stand against the plaintiff (even admitting that he's glad the heart attack happened because Vinny is finally taking care of himself), his lawyer and the judge actually get the jury on his side and wins him the case - although not without a stint in jail for contempt of court (and for quoting ...And Justice for All).
    Becker: Vinny would have had that heart attack whether or not he went to the gym. As a matter of fact, if I hadn't been with him, he'd be dead by now instead of sitting there suing me. And you know something? I saw Vinny have a salad today at lunch. The first time he's seen a piece of lettuce that didn't come on top of a cheeseburger. And look at his shirt pocket. This is the first time since I've known this bastard that there wasn't a pack of cigarettes in there. He's finally learning how to take care of himself, and if that's my fault, you know, fine! I hope he lives long enough to sue lots of doctors! That's the world we live in, isn't it, you know, where a lawyer like that can twist the facts just to grab a quick buck.
    Judge Reinhold: You keep this up I'm gonna find you in contempt of court!
    Becker: And you! Is this why you went into the law, so you could tie up legitimate doctors when they should be treating patients like Mr Gordon over there? [...] To hell with this. If you want to find me guilty, then just do it. But remember, whether or not I'm a nice guy is not on trial here. Whether or not I'm a good doctor is, and if this court can't tell the difference, then to hell with this court!
    • In the same episode, Anita (one of Becker's character witnesses) gets in a great jab at the plaintiff's lawyer:
    Golar: One more question Miss Gilbert, is it true you're a prostitute?
    Anita: I don't see what that has to do with this case.
    Golar: What's the matter? You're ashamed to admit you're a prostitute?
    Anitaa: No more ashamed than you should be to admit you're a lawyer.
  • In a episode where Becker goes to a Beleaguered Bureaucrat - played by Henry Gibson - to angrily complain about the shut down of a residential care facility, as all the former patients are now hanging around his office, he complains about how the local government treats him. However, the local government official gives this awesome comeback.
    You're not listening! I can't help! Nobody can help. That facility is not going to reopen, and I'll tell you why: there is no money! There's no money because the federal government cut taxes, which is all anybody seems to care about anymore. That means less money for the state, which means less money for the city, which means we had to cut services, which means fewer cops, fewer firemen, bad air, bad water and crappy schools which will turn out yet another generation of voters too stupid and greedy to care about anything else besides cutting taxes! So don't you come in here and tell me to fix your problem, because there's not a DAMN THING I CAN DO ABOUT IT!... Where did that come from?
    • As he escalates in the rant about the iniquities of the situation, he manages to loom over Becker despite being half his height.

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