The defendant wants to hide the truth because he’s generally guilty. The defense attorney’s job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
In today’s distorted world of ‘human rights,’ truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims – especially those that ‘support’ radical ideologies – persist even after they have been exposed. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Real heroes are those who face death for a principle – say, to save the lives of others – without any promise of reward. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
Doing something because God has said to do it does not make a person moral: it merely tells us that person is a prudential believer, akin to the person who obeys the command of an all-powerful secular king. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
Juries are not computers. They are composed of human beings who evaluate evidence differently. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
Freedom of speech means freedom for those who you despise, and freedom to express the most despicable views. It also means that the government cannot pick and choose which expressions to authorize and which to prevent. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
