Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.
I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it - also realizing it. - Alan Dershowitz
I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it - also realizing it.
- Alan Dershowitz
Ideas don't desert you; ideas aren't treasonous to you, but people can be. - Alan Dershowitz
Ideas don't desert you; ideas aren't treasonous to you, but people can be.
Scientists search for truth. Philosophers search for morality. A criminal trial searches for only one result: proof beyond a reasonable doubt. - Alan Dershowitz
Scientists search for truth. Philosophers search for morality. A criminal trial searches for only one result: proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
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
The law is agnostic about truth. It's very skeptical of ultimate truth. That's why freedom of speech permits lies to be told.
A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you. - Alan Dershowitz
A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you.
I am a man of principle. I will stick by my principles. I will tell the truth no matter where the chips fall. - Alan Dershowitz
I am a man of principle. I will stick by my principles. I will tell the truth no matter where the chips fall.
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
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.
Foolish liberals who are trying to read the Second Amendment out of the constitution by claiming it's not an individual right or that it's too much o… - Alan Dershowitz
Foolish liberals who are trying to read the Second Amendment out of the constitution by claiming it's not an individual right or that it's too much o…
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
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.
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