It's a new phenomenon in America that states can now sue the national government and become a kind of check and balance… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech means freedom for those who you despise, and freedom to express the most despicable views. It also means that… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Individuals have the right to pick and choose which expressions to condemn, which to praise and which to say nothing about. Governments,… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
We, the People of this country, have no unalienable rights... all our rights are subject to modification... the Constitution of the United… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
When it comes to partisan politics, everyone is a hypocrite. And all they care about is whether it hurts or helps them… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
If we move away from the American tradition of lawyers defending those with whom they vehemently disagree -- as we temporarily did… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
In the Pentagon Papers case, the government asserted in the Supreme Court that the publication of the material was a threat to… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
In representing criminal defendants - especially guilty ones - it is often necessary to take the offensive against the government: to put… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I have made a career out of arguing that we shouldn't be criminalizing political differences. I've made a career out of arguing… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
There is no perfect justice, just as there is no absolute in ethics. But there is perfect injustice, and we know it when we… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
A criminal trial is never about seeking justice for the victim. If it were, there could be only one verdict: guilty. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
Our First Amendment expresses a far different calculus for regulating speech than for regulating nonexpressive conduct and that is as it should be. The… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
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,… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
I never had an existential moment when I asked myself what I was going to do. I always wanted to be a lawyer, and… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
It's a new phenomenon in America that states can now sue the national government and become a kind of check and balance on the… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
When it comes to partisan politics, everyone is a hypocrite. And all they care about is whether it hurts or helps them ... Is… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
Everybody says they're opposed to torture. But everyone would do it personally if they knew it could save the life of a kidnapped child… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
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… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
I never place limits on the potential success of my students. If they're going into acting, they're going to win the Oscar... If they're… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
