3 December 2020 Alan Dershowitz 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.
3 December 2020 Alan Dershowitz 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.
3 December 2020 Alan Dershowitz Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.
3 December 2020 Alan Dershowitz 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.
3 December 2020 Alan Dershowitz I came from a poor family, so working and going to school at the same time was natural. It taught me multi-tasking, although we didn’t call it that back then. I learned I could never be idle, I need to be doing many things at once.
3 December 2020 Alan Dershowitz 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.
3 December 2020 Alan Dershowitz 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.
3 December 2020 Alan Dershowitz Israel can’t make peace without the clear support of the United States.
3 December 2020 Alan Dershowitz 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.
3 December 2020 Alan Dershowitz It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than in there being a Palestinian state.
3 December 2020 Alan Dershowitz We don’t have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets.
3 December 2020 Alan Dershowitz Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected.
