All Alan Dershowitz Quotes
- I think most defense attorneys honestly believe the principle that says, 'Better 10 guilty go free than even one possibly innocent person be convicted. Attorney
- I learn from experience. Experience
- Look, I don't know whether God exists. I don't know that. And I tell you one thing, I am not frightened of my beliefs. If… All
- Yes, believers and non-believers and skeptics can all live together and get along. But there cannot be an imperialistic imposition of religion by the state… All
- A state has the right to prohibit the killing of dogs and bears whether for film or for other purposes. Bears
- It is difficult to offend a New Yorker. Difficult
- In the real world in which we live, you always have to choose between evils. And in choosing between evils, you have to have moral… Choices
- The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at… Arrive
- A good lawyer knows how to shut up when he's won his case. Case
- Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians. Asymmetrical
- I don't believe in firing professors. They have academic freedom. Academic
- I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it - also realizing it. Admitting
- I've thought hard about my psychological connections and I think I've managed to separate out the psychological from the legal, moral, and political. Connections
- The law is agnostic about truth. Agnostic
- There are many levels of truth. Funny
- You know, it's ironic to me that Christians want to keep the Ten Commandments in our schools, because Christianity has abrogated four of the Ten… Abrogated
- Hypocrisy is not a way of getting back to the moral high ground. Pretending you're moral, saying your moral is not the same as acting… Acting
- The vast majority of gun owners don't kill, but people who do kill, tend to kill with guns, and often with illegal guns. Gun
- Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected. Judges
- Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place. Accountability
- The court of last resort is no longer the Supreme Court. It's 'Nightline.' Court
- Well, many insane people and seriously mentally ill people seem very reasonable. Ill
- When you discriminate against anyone, you discriminate against everyone. It's a display of terrible intolerance. Anyone
- There's no evidence that I'm aware of that guns protect liberty. Aware
- 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 be… Accountability