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Famous Alan Dershowitz Quotes
“Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice and they are also the most protected.”
“Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place.”
“The court of last resort is no longer the Supreme Court. It's 'Nightline.'”
“Well, many insane people and seriously mentally ill people seem very reasonable.”
“There's no evidence that I'm aware of that guns protect liberty.”
“A good lawyer knows how to shut up when he's won his case.”
“I don't believe in firing professors. They have academic freedom.”
“All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.”
“Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence.”
“I feel like my 50 years at Harvard were an interlude. I'm really a New Yorker.”
“I think there would be less torture with a warrant requirement than without one.”
“I was a Jewish rabbinical student for 12 years, and studied the Bible all the time.”
“I've thought of publishing a book of my hate mail, but I don't own the rights to the letters.”
“Ideas don't desert you; ideas aren't treasonous to you, but people can be.”
“It's every lawyer's dream to help shape the law, not just react to it.”
“Most liberal democracies don't try to figure out what the truth is.”
“The struggle for morality never stays won. It's always in process.”