Censorship laws are blunt instruments, not sharp scalpels. Once enacted, they are easily misapplied to merely unpopular or only marginally dangerous speech. Alan Dershowitz More Quotes by Alan Dershowitz More Quotes From Alan Dershowitz The best answer to bad speech is good speech Alan Dershowitz internet speech answers I have always considered "Pascal's Wager" a questionable bet to place. Any God worth "believing in" would surely prefer an honest agnostic to a calculating hypocrite. Alan Dershowitz hypocrite atheist believe All religions and cultures suffer from sources that preach hate against the 'other.' Throughout history some have, tragically, practiced what their sources preached, while some have sought to dismiss or even counteract the hateful words of their sources. Alan Dershowitz hate suffering culture 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 political thinking I am attacked equally by the hard right and the hard left for expressing what they regard as politically incorrect views. I thrive on such controversy and welcome it. It only encourages me to speak out more. I have not been affected by attacks on me for defending freedom of speech and due process. Alan Dershowitz welcome freedom-of-speech speak 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. Alan Dershowitz balance government america In our criminal justice system, we say it's better for 10 guilty people to go free than for even one innocent person to be wrongly convicted. Alan Dershowitz guilty justice people We live in an age where there is both more expression and more self-censorship than existed even a decade ago. Alas, laws have immunized internet carriers from many of the usual rules that govern public dialogue. Rights must always stay ahead of technology to assure that constitutional protections apply to all forms of communication. Alan Dershowitz communication technology age 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 political justice thinking 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 suffering special thinking When it comes to partisan politics, everyone is a hypocrite. And all they care about is whether it hurts or helps them ... Is it good or bad for the Democrats? Is it good or bad for the Republicans? Is it good or bad for Jews, or good or bad for blacks, or is it good or bad for women? Is it good or bad for men? Is it good or bad for gays? That's the way people think about issues today. There is very little discussion of enduring principles. Alan Dershowitz gay hypocrite hurt Hypocrisy is not a way of getting back to the moral high ground. Pretending you're moral, saying you're moral is not the same as acting morally. Alan Dershowitz saying back you way
