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Alan Dershowitz quotes: I think we're seeing privacy diminish, not by laws ... but by young people who don't seem to value their privacy.

I think we're seeing privacy diminish, not by laws ... but by young people who don't seem to value their privacy.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Well, many insane people and seriously mentally ill people seem very reasonable.

Well, many insane people and seriously mentally ill people seem very reasonable.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Most liberal democracies don't try to figure out what the truth is.

Most liberal democracies don't try to figure out what the truth is.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: The law is agnostic about truth.

The law is agnostic about truth.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I'm never satisfied unless I get the last word.

I'm never satisfied unless I get the last word.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: The first rule for escaping prison in the United States is always having someone more important than yourself to incriminate.

The first rule for escaping prison in the United States is always having someone more important than yourself to incriminate.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I think there would be less torture with a warrant requirement than without one.

I think there would be less torture with a warrant requirement than without one.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place.

Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I think extremists within the base may very well move the Democratic party away from its pro-Israel position.

I think extremists within the base may very well move the Democratic party away from its pro-Israel position.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: The law is agnostic about truth. It's very skeptical of ultimate truth. That's why freedom of speech permits lies to be told.

The law is agnostic about truth. It's very skeptical of ultimate truth. That's why freedom of speech permits lies to be told.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Every lawsuit results from somebody doing something wrong. If everybody did right, we wouldn't need laws.

Every lawsuit results from somebody doing something wrong. If everybody did right, we wouldn't need laws.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech.

The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Well, first of all, no professor should be able to say, I refuse to defend my position. I refuse to debate my position.

Well, first of all, no professor should be able to say, I refuse to defend my position. I refuse to debate my position.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: There is a paranoid streak in American life. Radio talk show hosts tend to foment that paranoid streak in American life.

There is a paranoid streak in American life. Radio talk show hosts tend to foment that paranoid streak in American life.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians.

Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I'm not a single-issue person, but I spend so much time on Israel because it is so unfairly condemned around the world.

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 quotes: Ideas don't desert you; ideas aren't treasonous to you, but people can be.

Ideas don't desert you; ideas aren't treasonous to you, but people can be.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: The same independence that got me into trouble in high school got me praise in college.

The same independence that got me into trouble in high school got me praise in college.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I've thought of publishing a book of my hate mail, but I don't own the rights to the letters.

I've thought of publishing a book of my hate mail, but I don't own the rights to the letters.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: It is difficult to offend a New Yorker.

It is difficult to offend a New Yorker.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I've always worked.

I've always worked.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: A criminal trial is never about seeking justice for the victim. If it were, there could be only one verdict: guilty.

A criminal trial is never about seeking justice for the victim. If it were, there could be only one verdict: guilty.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: It's wrong, and it's racist, and it's bigoted to say that guns are quintessentially American.

It's wrong, and it's racist, and it's bigoted to say that guns are quintessentially American.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: 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.

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.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Question authority; but, raise your hand first.

Question authority; but, raise your hand first.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: A state has the right to prohibit the killing of dogs and bears whether for film or for other purposes.

A state has the right to prohibit the killing of dogs and bears whether for film or for other purposes.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: The pervasiveness of guns in our society is destroying America.

The pervasiveness of guns in our society is destroying America.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.

Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.

All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence.

Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: You're absolutely right: Bob Grant is a racist, Bob Grant is a bigot, he's a despicable talk show host and I agree with that.

You're absolutely right: Bob Grant is a racist, Bob Grant is a bigot, he's a despicable talk show host and I agree with that.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I know Obama, I like Obama, I voted for Obama.

I know Obama, I like Obama, I voted for Obama.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.

Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I talk with my hands. Some people don't like that. That's who I am.

I talk with my hands. Some people don't like that. That's who I am.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I'm a very tough guy, and I fight hard, and I don't give up. And that makes me friends and that makes me enemies, and I know that.

I'm a very tough guy, and I fight hard, and I don't give up. And that makes me friends and that makes me enemies, and I know that.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: A good lawyer knows how to shut up when he's won his case.

A good lawyer knows how to shut up when he's won his case.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.

Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: The court of last resort is no longer the Supreme Court. It's 'Nightline.'

The court of last resort is no longer the Supreme Court. It's 'Nightline.'

Alan Dershowitz quotes: 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 morally.

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 morally.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: There's simply nothing in there that would justify second degree murder.

There's simply nothing in there that would justify second degree murder.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Israel and the Palestinians must resolve their own differences. The United States can play an important role as facilitator and guarantor.

Israel and the Palestinians must resolve their own differences. The United States can play an important role as facilitator and guarantor.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: My goal is always to keep support for Israel a bi-partisan issue and never make a national election any kind of referendum on Israel.

My goal is always to keep support for Israel a bi-partisan issue and never make a national election any kind of referendum on Israel.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Any human being has private thoughts.

Any human being has private thoughts.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: The Internet knows no national borders.

The Internet knows no national borders.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I am a peace supporting Jew.

I am a peace supporting Jew.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Israel can't make peace without the clear support of the United States.

Israel can't make peace without the clear support of the United States.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: The worst mistake you can make is underrating your enemy. Assuming that they're evil - I think it's a terrible thing to do.

The worst mistake you can make is underrating your enemy. Assuming that they're evil - I think it's a terrible thing to do.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I learn from experience.

I learn from experience.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: There are many levels of truth.

There are many levels of truth.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I love the Bible.

I love the Bible.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: The best answer to bad speech is good speech

The best answer to bad speech is good speech

Alan Dershowitz quotes: 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.

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.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: When you discriminate against anyone, you discriminate against everyone. It's a display of terrible intolerance.

When you discriminate against anyone, you discriminate against everyone. It's a display of terrible intolerance.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Scientists search for truth. Philosophers search for morality. A criminal trial searches for only one result: proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

Scientists search for truth. Philosophers search for morality. A criminal trial searches for only one result: proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: This is not about celebrity justice, this is about the rights of the children.

This is not about celebrity justice, this is about the rights of the children.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I never do anything for money; I get paid a lot of money as a by-product.

I never do anything for money; I get paid a lot of money as a by-product.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I was a Jewish rabbinical student for 12 years, and studied the Bible all the time.

I was a Jewish rabbinical student for 12 years, and studied the Bible all the time.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Well you know, all law is about injustice.

Well you know, all law is about injustice.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: There's no evidence that I'm aware of that guns protect liberty.

There's no evidence that I'm aware of that guns protect liberty.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: The struggle for morality never stays won. It's always in process.

The struggle for morality never stays won. It's always in process.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected.

Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Such technological tools ... are helping us now in the hot war against terrorists who would bomb this theater if they had the capacity to do so.

Such technological tools ... are helping us now in the hot war against terrorists who would bomb this theater if they had the capacity to do so.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: If America has the right to target Osama bin Laden, or terrorists, of course Israel has the right to defend itself from terrorism.

If America has the right to target Osama bin Laden, or terrorists, of course Israel has the right to defend itself from terrorism.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: 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.

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.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I understand that it's good tactics to categorize me as a close-minded, unobjective extremist, but nobody that respects me has those views.

I understand that it's good tactics to categorize me as a close-minded, unobjective extremist, but nobody that respects me has those views.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: It's every lawyer's dream to help shape the law, not just react to it.

It's every lawyer's dream to help shape the law, not just react to it.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I feel like my 50 years at Harvard were an interlude. I'm really a New Yorker.

I feel like my 50 years at Harvard were an interlude. I'm really a New Yorker.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: The Second Amendment has no place in modern society.

The Second Amendment has no place in modern society.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I don't believe in firing professors. They have academic freedom.

I don't believe in firing professors. They have academic freedom.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Juries are not computers. They are composed of human beings who evaluate evidence differently.

Juries are not computers. They are composed of human beings who evaluate evidence differently.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: Rights are not self-evident. They're not unalienable. They are subject to modification just like anything else.

Rights are not self-evident. They're not unalienable. They are subject to modification just like anything else.

Alan Dershowitz quotes: I've had such a satisfying life professionally and personally. I hope my tombstone says, 'Never boring.'

I've had such a satisfying life professionally and personally. I hope my tombstone says, 'Never boring.'

Alan Dershowitz quotes: The vast majority of gun owners don't kill, but people who do kill, tend to kill with guns, and often with illegal guns.

The vast majority of gun owners don't kill, but people who do kill, tend to kill with guns, and often with illegal guns.