Alan Dershowitz Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“I think most defense attorneys honestly believe the principle that says, 'Better 10 guilty go free than even one possibly innocent person be convicted.'”

“In the real world in which we live, you always have to choose between evils. And in choosing between evils, you have to have moral criteria for how to make those choices.”

“There's no evidence that I'm aware of that guns protect liberty.”

“Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.”

“Well, first of all, no professor should be able to say, I refuse to defend my position. I refuse to debate my position.”

“I don't believe in firing professors. They have academic freedom.”

“The law is agnostic about truth.”

“Well you know, all law is about injustice.”

“If America has the right to target Osama bin Laden, or terrorists, of course Israel has the right to defend itself from terrorism.”

“The same independence that got me into trouble in high school got me praise in college.”