If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
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
We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
What the United States has to do is send a clear message to Iran that they will not be able to develop… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
The Israeli military plays more than a critical role in defending the citizens of the Jewish state. It also plays an important… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
The threat of mutually assured destruction worked for the United States during the Cold War because it had proved its willingness to… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
But the United States is neither a Christian nation nor the exclusive home of any particular religious group. Non-Christians are not guests.… — 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
Israel can't make peace without the clear support of the United States. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
A state has the right to prohibit the killing of dogs and bears whether for film or for other purposes. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I've written important articles on prevention, on the concept of the preventive state, how the law is moving much more in an… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
It is the wall of separation between church and state . . . that is largely responsible for religion thriving in this… — 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 I decide who to vote for as president, I ask myself who will be best for America and for the world.… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Israel and the Palestinians must resolve their own differences. The United States can play an important role as facilitator and guarantor. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Yes, believers and non-believers and skeptics can all live together and get along. But there cannot be an imperialistic imposition of religion… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
