58 Alan Dershowitz Quotes for You to Enjoy

Alan Dershowitz

American Lawyer

Born: Sep 1, 1938

Law People Think Truth World You

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The same independence that got me into trouble in high school got me praise in college. Alan Dershowitz

Me School Independence College Trouble High High School Got Praise Same

We have to fulfill what the real meaning of the Second Amendment is: reasonable access to guns for self-protection and for hunting. And there's no room in America for these semiautomatic, automatic and other kinds of weapons that are simply designed to cause mass havoc. Alan Dershowitz

Cause Other Hunting Weapons Kinds Guns Havoc Simply Mass Access Real Real Meaning Amendment America Automatic Room Meaning Meaning Of Fulfill Reasonable Designed Second Second Amendment

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. Alan Dershowitz

Time Family Me Natural School Back Once Could Never Call Learned Although Idle Doing Came Same Going Taught Same Time Poor Then Working Many Things Need

I never do anything for money; I get paid a lot of money as a by-product. Alan Dershowitz

Money Never Lot Get Anything Paid By-Product

You can't think about terrorism without thinking about Palestinian terrorism. Palestinians began international terrorism. It started with them in 1968. They used it as the first resort, not the last resort. They invented it, they perfected it, they benefited from it and they taught the world how to use it and that it would be successful. Alan Dershowitz

Terrorism You World First Think Thinking Resort Would Would-Be About Invented Without How Began Taught Them Successful Use Used International International Terrorism Palestinian Palestinians Started Last

Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians. Alan Dershowitz

Terrorism Innocent Innocent Civilians Collateral Civilians Like Just Warfare Euphemism Damage

There are many levels of truth. Alan Dershowitz

Truth Many Many Levels Levels

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. Alan Dershowitz

Time History People World Country Relatively No Country More Since Period Israel Accomplished Done The History Of Brief Rebirth Ever Humankind Recent

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

Time Bible Student Studied Years Jewish

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

You People Ideas Desert

In some ways, Israel has achieved a peace. There are fewer rockets being sent into Sderot, there are no rockets to speak of from the North, there has been very little terrorism from the West Bank. It's a kind of peace. I hope for a better and more enduring peace. Peace is not an endgame; we will never be completely at peace. Alan Dershowitz

Hope Terrorism Peace Speak Better Will Ways Has-Been Kind Some More Never Israel Been West West Bank Rockets Very North Endgame Fewer Bank Achieved Being Enduring Little Sent

Every celebrity case I've been involved in - I've been involved in a great many - the one thing you can be sure of is they don't get the same justice as everybody else. It could be worse, it could be better, it's never the same. Alan Dershowitz

When I was growing up, my mother would always say, 'It will go on your permanent record.' There was no 'permanent record.' If there were a 'permanent record,' I'd never be able to be a lawyer. I was such a bum in elementary school and high school... There is a permanent record today, and it's called the Internet. Alan Dershowitz

Today School Mother Internet Will Lawyer Say High Would Able Record High School Never Permanent Always Go Were Bum Up Your Growing Elementary Elementary School Growing Up

I've thought of publishing a book of my hate mail, but I don't own the rights to the letters. Alan Dershowitz

Rights Book Hate Thought Own Mail Letters Publishing

I've written important articles on prevention, on the concept of the preventive state, how the law is moving much more in an area of trying to prevent wrongs than trying to deal with them after they occur. That will be my academic/intellectual legacy. Alan Dershowitz

I've had such a satisfying life professionally and personally. I hope my tombstone says, 'Never boring.' Alan Dershowitz

Life Hope Says Boring Never Had Personally Professionally Satisfying Tombstone

There will never be another Ed Koch. He was an original, but he represented a significant, if shrinking, segment of American Jewry who refused to compromise their liberal values, their support for Israel or their Jewish pride. Alan Dershowitz

Pride Will Values Liberal Significant Compromise Segment Never He Support Another Israel American Refused Who Original Shrinking Jewish

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

Peace Relax Will Rest Down Guard Others Our Way Say Sigh Relief Able Never He Put Over Well Comfort Always Proud Making Understood Leave His His Way Goal Being While Meant Assertive Now Jew

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