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Alan Dershowitz

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Alan Dershowitz
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: September 1
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Brooklyn
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Alan M. Dershowitz
Alan Morton Dershowitz
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My goal is always to keep support for Israel a bi-partisan issue and never make a national election any kind of referendum on Israel.
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All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.
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In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support' radical ideologies - persist even after they have been exposed.
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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.
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I have been defending Israel's right to exist, and to defend itself against terrorism, for many years-on college campuses, in television appearances and in debate.
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I love to play. I love, opera, hiking and museums. The one thing I don't do is sit. I have a tremendous amount of energy.
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I never place limits on the potential success of my students. If they're going into acting, they're going to win the Oscar... If they're going into law, they're going to be chief justice.
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The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech.
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The worst mistake you can make is underrating your enemy. Assuming that they're evil - I think it's a terrible thing to do.
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If America has the right to target Osama bin Laden, or terrorists, of course Israel has the right to defend itself from terrorism.
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I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful, and they think that because they're making money and people think well of them, they must be doing everything right.
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I am a man of principle. I will stick by my principles. I will tell the truth no matter where the chips fall.
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This is not about celebrity justice, this is about the rights of the children.
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There are two kinds of terrorism. Rational terrorism such as Palestinian terrorism and apocalyptic terrorism like Sept. 11. You have to distinguish between the two.
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Well, many insane people and seriously mentally ill people seem very reasonable.
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The first rule for escaping prison in the United States is always having someone more important than yourself to incriminate.
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Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence.
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I have no doubt that if an actual ticking bomb situation were to arise, our law enforcement authorities would torture. The real debate is whether such torture should take place outside of our legal system or within it. The answer to this seems clear: If we are to have torture, it should be authorized by the law.
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Such technological tools ... are helping us now in the hot war against terrorists who would bomb this theater if they had the capacity to do so.
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It's a new phenomenon in America that states can now sue the national government and become a kind of check and balance on the excesses of the federal government.
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