I think extremists within the base may very well move the Democratic party away from its pro-Israel position. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
That's when civil liberty suffers - when we think special times justify the diminution of civil liberties. And I'm not going to… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
The worst mistake you can make is underrating your enemy. Assuming that they're evil - I think it's a terrible thing to… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I think most defense attorneys honestly believe the principle that says, 'Better 10 guilty go free than even one possibly innocent person… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I've thought hard about my psychological connections and I think I've managed to separate out the psychological from the legal, moral, and… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it - also realizing it. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I think we're seeing privacy diminish, not by laws... but by young people who don't seem to value their privacy. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I think there would be less torture with a warrant requirement than without one. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I think mistakes are the essence of science and law. It's impossible to conceive of either scientific progress or legal progress without… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I can't find anything in the Constitution that says you prefer the life of the mother, or the convenience of the mother… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it; also realizing it. Most lawyers are… — 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
I don't think the law exists to arrive at the truth. If it did, we wouldn't have exclusionary rules, we wouldn't have… — 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
You can't think about terrorism without thinking about Palestinian terrorism. Palestinians began international terrorism. It started with them in 1968. They used… — 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
