Alan Dershowitz Quotes

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• The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Jobs, Justice, Doe

  "U.S. News & World Report", August 9, 1982.

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• Foolish liberals who are trying to read the Second Amendment out of the constitution by claiming it's not an individual right or that it's too much of a safety hazard don't see the danger of the big picture. They're courting disaster by encouraging others to use this same means to eliminate portions of the Constitution they don't like.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Mean, Gun, Safety

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• Law is an imperfect profession in which success can rarely be achieved without some sacrifice of principle. Thus all practicing lawyers -- and most others in the profession -- will necessarily be imperfect, especially in the eyes of young idealists. There is no perfect justice, just as there is no absolute in ethics. But there is perfect injustice, and we know it when we see it.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Inspirational, Motivational, Eye

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• The law is agnostic about truth. It's very skeptical of ultimate truth. That's why freedom of speech permits lies to be told.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Lying, Law, Freedom Of Speech

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• Hypocrisy is not a way of getting back to the moral high ground. Pretending you're moral, saying your moral is not the same as acting morally.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Moral High Ground, Hypocrisy, Acting

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• A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Teacher, Book, Reading

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• Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Freedom Of Speech, Violence, Should

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• Look, I don't know whether God exists. I don't know that. And I tell you one thing, I am not frightened of my beliefs. If there is a God who is threatening me with damnation because I don't believe in Him, so be it. I've lived my life in conscience, and I will suffer damnation willingly in conscience against a tyrannical God who would damn me because, on the basis of the intelligence He gave me, I have come to a conclusion doubting His existence, and I will continue to be a skeptic all of my life.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Believe, If There Is A God, Doubt

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• All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Two Sides, Trials, Want

  "U.S. News & World Report", August 9, 1982.

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• In the real world in which we live, you always have to choose between evils. And in choosing between evils, you have to have moral criteria for how to make those choices.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Real, Evil, Choices

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• In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support' radical ideologies - persist even after they have been exposed.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Rights, Support, World

  Alan Dershowitz (2014). “Terror Tunnels: The Case for Israel's Just War Against Hamas”, p.20, RosettaBooks

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• The Second Amendment has no place in modern society.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Gun, Second Amendment, Modern

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• Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice and they are also the most protected.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Justice, Judging, Links

  "Newsweek" Magazine, February 20, 1978.

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• There are many levels of truth.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Levels

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• The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Freedom Of Speech, Violence, Excuse

  "Are Radical Imams Going to Redefine Freedom of Speech?" by Alan Dershowitz, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 20, 2012.

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• Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Hypocrisy, Accountability, Political

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• All speech should be presumed to be protected by the Constitution, and a heavy burden should be placed on those who would censor to demonstrate with relative certainty that the speech at issue, if not censored, would lead to irremediable and immediate serious harm.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Issues, Freedom Of Speech, Serious

  Alan Dershowitz (2008). “Finding, Framing, and Hanging Jefferson: A Lost Letter, a Remarkable Discovery, and Freedom of Speech in an Age of Terrorism”, p.30, John Wiley & Sons

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• I'm worried about privacy because of the young people who don't give a damn about their privacy, who are prepared to put their entire private lives online. They put stuff on Facebook that 15 years from now will prevent them from getting the jobs they want. They don't understand that they are mortgaging their future for a quick laugh from a friend.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Jobs, Years, People

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• I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it; also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful, and they think that because they're making money and people think well of them, they must be doing everything right.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Successful, Thinking, People

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• It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than in there being a Palestinian state.

  Alan Dershowitz

  States, Palestinian, Decades

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• I am a man of principle. I will stick by my principles. I will tell the truth no matter where the chips fall.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Fall, Men, Telling The Truth

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• I fear that the impact of university censorship and university denial of due process will be to mis-educate a generation of students away from core values of civil liberties and constitutional safeguards. Students who have been led to believe by university administrators and faculty that censorship and denial of due process are acceptable norms will be more susceptible to accepting those norms in their post-university lives. That would be a tragedy for America.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Believe, Tragedy, Liberty

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• I think mistakes are the essence of science and law. It's impossible to conceive of either scientific progress or legal progress without understanding the important role of being wrong and of mistakes.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Mistake, Thinking, Law

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• I was critical of race-based affirmative action early on in my career and I've changed my mind. And I've publicly acknowledged that I was wrong.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Careers, Race, Mind

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• I'd require that every university, public or private, be governed by the constitutional standards regarding freedom of expression and due process. There is no reason for treating adult college students any differently in the university setting than in the outside world.

  Alan Dershowitz

  College, World, Students

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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