KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Alan Dershowitz Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

Showing 71-80 of 118 Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

The vast majority of gun owners don't kill, but people who do kill, tend to kill with guns, and often with illegal guns.

~Alan Dershowitz

Topics: Gun Guns Illegal Majority Often Owners People Tend Vast Vast Majority Who

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Well, many insane people and seriously mentally ill people seem very reasonable.

~Alan Dershowitz

Topics: Ill Insane Insane People Many Mentally People Reasonable Seem Seriously Very Well

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Alan Dershowitz

Topics: Bible Jewish Student Studied Time Years

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I love the Bible.

~Alan Dershowitz

Topics: Bible Love I Love

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Well you know, all law is about injustice.

~Alan Dershowitz

Topics: About Injustice Know Law Well You

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: About Connections Hard Legal Moral Out Political Psychological Separate Think Thought I Think

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: Being Conceive Either Essence Important Important Role Impossible Law Legal Mistakes Progress Role Science Scientific Scientific Progress Think Understanding Without Wrong I Think

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Most liberal democracies don't try to figure out what the truth is.

~Alan Dershowitz

Topics: Democracy Figure Liberal Most Out Truth Truth Is Try

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I tell my students, if you ever become comfortable with your role as criminal defense lawyer, it's time to quit. It should be a constant source of discomfort, because you're dealing with incredible moral ambiguity, and you've been cast into a role which is not enviable.

~Alan Dershowitz

Topics: Ambiguity Because Become Been Cast Comfortable Constant Criminal Dealing Defense Discomfort Enviable Ever Incredible Lawyer Moral Quit Role Should Source Students Tell Time Which You Your

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Ideas don't desert you; ideas aren't treasonous to you, but people can be.

~Alan Dershowitz

Topics: Desert Ideas People You

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Lawyer

Born: September 1st, 1938

Links

Find Alan Dershowitz on Amazon

Related Authors

William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Elizabeth Edwards
Paul P. Harris
Robert Green Ingersoll
Ralph Nader
James Otis
Albert Pike

Popular Authors

Ludwig Van Beethoven Steve Harvey Abraham Lincoln Bill Murray Jim Rohn Walter Scott Eckhart Tolle Mark Twain

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1888 - Dale Carnegie

1632 - Baruch Spinoza

1713 - Junipero Serra

1713 - Laurence Sterne

1740 - John Bacon

1784 - Zachary Taylor

1808 - Alphonse Karr

1826 - Carlo Collodi

1864 - Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec

1876 - Ameen Rihani

Birthdays on November 24th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Courage Finance Leadership Life Morning Patience Science Travel