All Alan Dershowitz Quotes
- 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… Admitting
- No country in the history of the world has ever contributed more to humankind and accomplished more for its people in so brief a period… Accomplished
- Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom. Academic
- The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech. Excuse
- Well, first of all, no professor should be able to say, I refuse to defend my position. I refuse to debate my position. Able
- We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions… Academy
- A criminal trial is never about seeking justice for the victim. If it were, there could be only one verdict: guilty. Criminal
- All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth. All
- Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence. Freedom
- I am a peace supporting Jew. Funny
- I feel like my 50 years at Harvard were an interlude. I'm really a New Yorker. Feel
- I know Obama, I like Obama, I voted for Obama. Funny
- I love to play. I love, opera, hiking and museums. The one thing I don't do is sit. I have a tremendous amount of energy. Amount
- I think extremists within the base may very well move the Democratic party away from its pro-Israel position. Base
- I think there would be less torture with a warrant requirement than without one. Less
- I think we're seeing privacy diminish, not by laws... but by young people who don't seem to value their privacy. Diminish
- I understand that it's good tactics to categorize me as a close-minded, unobjective extremist, but nobody that respects me has those views. Categorize
- I was a Jewish rabbinical student for 12 years, and studied the Bible all the time. All
- 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. Acknowledged
- I'm not a single-issue person, but I spend so much time on Israel because it is so unfairly condemned around the world. Condemned
- I've had such a satisfying life professionally and personally. I hope my tombstone says, 'Never boring.' Boring
- I've thought of publishing a book of my hate mail, but I don't own the rights to the letters. Book
- Ideas don't desert you; ideas aren't treasonous to you, but people can be. Desert
- If America has the right to target Osama bin Laden, or terrorists, of course Israel has the right to defend itself from terrorism. America
- It's every lawyer's dream to help shape the law, not just react to it. Dream