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

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

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

The law is agnostic about truth. — Alan Dershowitz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is difficult to offend a New Yorker. — Alan Dershowitz

I've always worked. — Alan Dershowitz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I know Obama, I like Obama, I voted for Obama. — Alan Dershowitz

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

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

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

The Internet knows no national borders. — Alan Dershowitz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you. — Alan M. Dershowitz

Any human being has private thoughts. — Alan Dershowitz

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

I am a peace supporting Jew. — Alan Dershowitz

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

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

I learn from experience. — Alan Dershowitz

There are many levels of truth. — Alan Dershowitz

I love the Bible. — Alan Dershowitz

The best answer to bad speech is good speech — Alan Dershowitz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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