All Alan Dershowitz Quotes
- I love discomfort. I mean, my whole life is discomfort. One reason I can never retire is that the idea of just sitting on the… Ambiguity
- 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 going… Acting
- I tell my students, if you ever become comfortable with your role as criminal defense lawyer, it's time to quit. It should be a constant… Ambiguity
- I'm worried about privacy because of the young people who don't give a damn about their privacy, who are prepared to put their entire private… Damn
- I've written important articles on prevention, on the concept of the preventive state, how the law is moving much more in an area of trying… Academic
- In my neighborhood, everyone had an opinion on the local cantor. You didn't go to a synagogue to listen to the rabbi's sermon. You went… Cantor
- In the Pentagon Papers case, the government asserted in the Supreme Court that the publication of the material was a threat to national security. It… Asserted
- In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support' radical ideologies -… Back Seat
- Individuals have the right to pick and choose which expressions to condemn, which to praise and which to say nothing about. Governments, however, must remain… All
- It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all principles of morality. Acceptable
- On television and in the movies, crimes are always solved. Nothing is left uncertain. By the end, the viewer knows whodunit. In real life, on… Conviction
- President Obama has earned my vote on the basis of his excellent judicial appointments, his consensus-building foreign policy and the improvements he has brought about… Appointments
- The Israeli military plays more than a critical role in defending the citizens of the Jewish state. It also plays an important social, scientific and… Challenges
- The prosecution wants to make sure the process by which the evidence was obtained is not truthfully presented, because, as often as not, that process… Evidence
- The sad reality is that there are no purely domestic issues in Israel. Issues that would be dealt with by municipalities in other countries -… Become Major
- The very concept of an Iranian university is an oxymoron. There are no free and open places of learning in that repressive theocracy. Dissenters are… Blasphemy
- There are two kinds of terrorism. Rational terrorism such as Palestinian terrorism and apocalyptic terrorism like Sept. 11. You have to distinguish between the two. Apocalyptic
- There will never be another Ed Koch. He was an original, but he represented a significant, if shrinking, segment of American Jewry who refused to… American
- Twenty five percent of Israeli citizens are not even Jewish. Anybody can become an Israeli citizen if you qualify. Religion is not a criterion for… Anybody
- We have to fulfill what the real meaning of the Second Amendment is: reasonable access to guns for self-protection and for hunting. And there's no… Access
- What the United States has to do is send a clear message to Iran that they will not be able to develop nuclear weapons. Why… Able
- When I decide who to vote for as president, I ask myself who will be best for America and for the world. An important component… Ability
- When I was 14 or 15, a camp counselor told me I was smart. I had never been very good in school, but he told… Been
- When I was growing up, my mother would always say, 'It will go on your permanent record.' There was no 'permanent record.' If there were… Able
- I never had an existential moment when I asked myself what I was going to do. I always wanted to be a lawyer, and I… Always Wanted