Alan Dershowitz Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I believe that if Israel were to put an end to the settlements in the West Bank tomorrow, as it did in Gaza, there would still be reluctance on the part of the Palestinian Authority to recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish secular democracy.”

“When you discriminate against anyone, you discriminate against everyone. It's a display of terrible intolerance.”

“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.”

“Well, many insane people and seriously mentally ill people seem very reasonable.”

“Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians.”

“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.”

“The worst mistake you can make is underrating your enemy. Assuming that they're evil - I think it's a terrible thing to do.”

“The law is agnostic about truth. It's very skeptical of ultimate truth. That's why freedom of speech permits lies to be told.”

“No country in the history of the world has ever contributed more to humankind and accomplished more for its people in so brief a period of time as Israel has done since its relatively recent rebirth in 1948.”

“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.”