I'm not a single-issue person, but I spend so much time on Israel because it is so unfairly condemned around the world. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
In the real world in which we live, you always have to choose between evils. And in choosing between evils, you have… — 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
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
Though Israel may often be deserving of criticism, what is missing is the comparable criticism of equal or greater violations by other… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
No country in the history of the world has ever contributed more to humankind and accomplished more for its people in so… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I'd require that every university, public or private, be governed by the constitutional standards regarding freedom of expression and due process. There… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Students throughout the totalitarian world risk life and limb for freedom of expression, many American college students are demanding that big brother… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support'… — 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
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
