I think there would be less torture with a warrant requirement than without one. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
Twenty five percent of Israeli citizens are not even Jewish. Anybody can become an Israeli citizen if you qualify. Religion is not a criterion for citizenship. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
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 Read Quote
It’s much better to have rules that we can actually live within. And absolute prohibitions, generally, are not the kind of rules that countries would live within. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
There are two kinds of terrorism. Rational terrorism such as Palestinian terrorism and apocalyptic terrorism like Sept. 11. You have to distinguish between the two. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
You can’t think about terrorism without thinking about Palestinian terrorism. Palestinians began international terrorism. It started with them in 1968. They used it as the first resort, not the last resort. They invented it, they perfected it, they benefited from it and they taught the world how to use it and that it would be successful. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they’re wrong. And not just admitting it; also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful, and they think that because they’re making money and people think well of them, they must be doing everything right. Alan Dershowitz Read Quote
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 Read Quote
