Quotes by Thinking I don't think the law exists to arrive at the truth. If it did, we wouldn't have exclusionary rules, we wouldn't have presumptions of innocence, we wouldn't have proof beyond reasonable doubt. There's an enormous difference between the role of truth in law and the role of truth in science. In law, truth is one among many goals. Alan Dershowitz presumption-of-innocencelawthinking I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect those for whom religion is important, but equally respect those who can achieve good morality without religion. Alan Dershowitz importantgivingthinking The worst mistake you can make is underrating your enemy. Assuming that they're evil - I think it's a terrible thing to do. Alan Dershowitz evilmistakethinking I think extremists within the base may very well move the Democratic party away from its pro-Israel position. Alan Dershowitz partymovingthinking I think there would be less torture with a warrant requirement than without one. Alan Dershowitz requirementswould-bethinking I think we're seeing privacy diminish, not by laws... but by young people who don't seem to value their privacy. Alan Dershowitz lawpeoplethinking I can't find anything in the Constitution that says you prefer the life of the mother, or the convenience of the mother if it's an abortion by choice, over the potential life of the fetus. Look, I think women, if they're required to not have abortions, could die and could - so I favor a woman's right to choose. Alan Dershowitz choicesmotherthinking 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 successfulwould-bethinking 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 connectionspoliticalthinking I have made a career out of arguing that we shouldn't be criminalizing political differences. I've made a career out of arguing that the grand jury is an abusive institution. I have made a career out of arguing that we shouldn't stretch and expand the criminal law. I'm not going to change it because you think these are abnormal times. When Thomas Jefferson told the Justice Department that they had to prosecute Aaron Burr, and that he was going to have the chief justice impeached unless he found Aaron Burr guilty, those were special times too. Alan Dershowitz politicaljusticethinking That's when civil liberty suffers - when we think special times justify the diminution of civil liberties. And I'm not going to accept that. Alan Dershowitz sufferingspecialthinking I don't just want my books to be about the '30s and '40s. I want them to read as if they had been written then. I think of them as '40s novels, written in the conservative narrative past. Alan Furst bookpastthinking Good people don't spend their time being good. Good people want to spend their time mowing the lawn and playing with the dog. But bad people spend all their time being bad. It is all they think about. Alan Furst dogpeoplethinking ... I had never given much credence to the phenomenon of "writer's block". I was more inclined to think of it as "writer's impatience", and to follow Arthur Koestler's dictum: "Soak; and wait. Alan Garner blockwaitingthinking I think kids are incredibly savvy readers. I think we should give them all the credit in the world. They want to know the truth. Alan Gratz givingkidsthinking I don't know that I would have the courage to come over to a new country where the religion is different, the language is different, where I don't have any money. The thought of starting over like that in the way that many refugee families have to start all over again - that's an incredible thing to think about. One of the things I tell about Refugee is that unless you're Native American or a descendant of slaves, your family immigrated to this country - whether they came over on the Mayflower or whether they came over on a raft last year. Alan Gratz native-americancountrythinking I think that the voters should choose the elected officials, not the elected officials choose the voters. Alan Grayson votersshouldthinking That level of expectation that I'm going to be conservative is really disappointing, but it is how many people think about clergy and the church Alan Green expectationspeoplethinking I think what we're really bad at doing is recognising that it is possible to have lost of different views within the church. Alan Green churchviewsthinking I'd signed up not just for Christianity but the established Church of England. That has a particular history and I think we rather lost it in the 19th Century, we became so much part of empire and colonialism, the language of the Church Of England still reflects that Victorian time. As the 20th Century developed, not surprisingly people left the church and I can see the church's role in losing people. Alan Green churchpeoplethinking«6768697071727374757677»
