In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support' radical ideolog….

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

I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect those for whom religion is important, but equally respect those who can achieve ….

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

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

There is no perfect justice, just as there is no absolute in ethics. But there is perfect injustice, and we know it when we see it..

The Internet knows no national borders..

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

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

The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely candid in describing the facts or the law..

Ed Koch will never "rest in peace." That was not his way. He was always nervously squirming, while making others squirm as well. Comfort was not his ….

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

It's a new phenomenon in America that states can now sue the national government and become a kind of check and balance on the excesses of the federa….

In representing criminal defendants - especially guilty ones - it is often necessary to take the offensive against the government: to put the governm….

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 Comm….

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

In our criminal justice system, we say it's better for 10 guilty people to go free than for even one innocent person to be wrongly convicted..

Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should al….

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 of time as Is….

When it comes to partisan politics, everyone is a hypocrite. And all they care about is whether it hurts or helps them ... Is it good or bad for the ….

I don't think the law exists to arrive at the truth. If it did, we wouldn't have exclusionary rules, we wouldn't have presumptions of innocence, we w….