I came from a poor family, so working and going to school at the same time was natural. It taught me multi-tasking, although we didn’t call it that back then. I learned I could never be idle, I need to be doing many things at once. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I think most defense attorneys honestly believe the principle that says, ‘Better 10 guilty go free than even one possibly innocent person be convicted.’ Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they’re wrong. And not just admitting it – also realizing it. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
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 Commandments. For example, the Sabbath day according to the Ten Commandments is Saturday, not Sunday. And the reason is because God rested, not because Jesus was resurrected. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
In my neighborhood, everyone had an opinion on the local cantor. You didn’t go to a synagogue to listen to the rabbi’s sermon. You went to listen to the cantor. It was like a concert. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
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 wouldn’t have proof beyond reasonable doubt. There’s an enormous difference between the role of truth in law and the role of truth in science. In law, truth is one among many goals. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
I can’t find anything in the Constitution that says you prefer the life of the mother, or the convenience of the mother if it’s an abortion by choice, over the potential life of the fetus. Look, I think women, if they’re required to not have abortions, could die and could – so I favor a woman’s right to choose. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
Ideas don’t desert you; ideas aren’t treasonous to you, but people can be. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
