Alan Dershowitz

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

— Alan Dershowitz

#believe #better #convicted #defense #even

I think there would be less torture with a warrant requirement than without one. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#i think #less #requirement #than #think

I understand that it's good tactics to categorize me as a close-minded, unobjective extremist, but nobody that respects me has those views. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#extremist #good #i #me #nobody

I was a Jewish rabbinical student for 12 years, and studied the Bible all the time. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#i #jewish #student #studied #time

I was critical of race-based affirmative action early on in my career and I've changed my mind. And I've publicly acknowledged that I was wrong. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#action #affirmative #affirmative action #career #changed

I've always worked. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#i #worked

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

#connections #hard #i #i think #legal

In my neighborhood, everyone had an opinion on the local cantor. You didn't go to a synagogue to listen to the rabbi's sermon. You went to listen to the cantor. It was like a concert. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#everyone #go #had #like #listen

Israel can't make peace without the clear support of the United States. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#israel #make #peace #states #support

It's much better to have rules that we can actually live within. And absolute prohibitions, generally, are not the kind of rules that countries would live within. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#actually #better #countries #generally #kind