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 1 Share Now -
The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech. - Alan Dershowitz 2 Share Now -
Ed Koch will never 'rest in peace.' That was not his way. He was always nervously squirming, while making others squirm as well. Comfort was not his goal. He understood that to be a proud and assertive Jew meant never being able to leave a sigh of relief and say, 'It's over, we are at peace, we can now put down our guard and relax.' - Alan Dershowitz 3 Share Now -
I've thought hard about my psychological connections and I think I've managed to separate out the psychological from the legal, moral, and political. - Alan Dershowitz 4 Share Now -
I think mistakes are the essence of science and law. It's impossible to conceive of either scientific progress or legal progress without understanding the important role of being wrong and of mistakes. - Alan Dershowitz 5 Share Now -
The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech. - Alan Dershowitz 6 Share Now -
Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom. - Alan Dershowitz 7 Share Now -
It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all principles of morality. - Alan Dershowitz 8 Share Now -
We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well. These checking institutions include the academy, the media, religious institutions and NGOs. - Alan Dershowitz 9 Share Now -
On television and in the movies, crimes are always solved. Nothing is left uncertain. By the end, the viewer knows whodunit. In real life, on the other hand, many murders remain unsolved, and even some that are 'solved' to the satisfaction of the police and prosecutors lack sufficient evidence to result in a conviction. - Alan Dershowitz 10 Share Now -
