The struggle for morality never stays won. It's always in process. Alan Dershowitz More Quotes by Alan Dershowitz More Quotes From Alan Dershowitz Yes, believers and non-believers and skeptics can all live together and get along. But there cannot be an imperialistic imposition of religion by the state or by the church. All people must be equal--believers, skeptics, disbelievers, atheists, and those who chose religion. Unless we are all deemed equal, and unless the morality of disbelief is deemed the equivalent of the morality of belief, we will simply be tolerated, and that is not the American way. Alan Dershowitz church atheist people A state has the right to prohibit the killing of dogs and bears whether for film or for other purposes. Alan Dershowitz compassion dog bears I was a Jewish rabbinical student for 12 years, and studied the Bible all the time. Alan Dershowitz students years I've thought of publishing a book of my hate mail, but I don't own the rights to the letters. Alan Dershowitz hate rights book I've had such a satisfying life professionally and personally. I hope my tombstone says, 'Never boring.' Alan Dershowitz satisfying boring tombstone There are two kinds of terrorism. Rational terrorism such as Palestinian terrorism and apocalyptic terrorism like Sept. 11. You have to distinguish between the two. Alan Dershowitz terrorism kind two 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 support israel pride I'm not a single-issue person, but I spend so much time on Israel because it is so unfairly condemned around the world. Alan Dershowitz issues israel world When I was 14 or 15, a camp counselor told me I was smart. I had never been very good in school, but he told me once that I was smart but my mind operated a little differently. Alan Dershowitz smart mind school 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 growing-up mother school It is difficult to offend a New Yorker. Alan Dershowitz new-yorkers difficult morality If we move away from the American tradition of lawyers defending those with whom they vehemently disagree -- as we temporarily did during the McCarthy period -- we weaken our commitment to the rule of law... So beware of an approach which limits advocacy to that which is approved by the standards of political correctness. Alan Dershowitz respect commitment moving 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 evil mistake thinking There is a paranoid streak in American life. Radio talk show hosts tend to foment that paranoid streak in American life. Alan Dershowitz paranoid host radio Doing something because God has said to do it does not make a person moral: it merely tells us that person is a prudential believer, akin to the person who obeys the command of an all-powerful secular king. Alan Dershowitz powerful kings doe For most people, the question why be good - as distinguished from merely law abiding - is a simple one. Because God commands it, because the Bible requires it, because good people go to Heaven and bad people go to Hell. Alan Dershowitz simple law people Freedom of speech means freedom for those who you despise, and freedom to express the most despicable views. It also means that the government cannot pick and choose which expressions to authorize and which to prevent. Alan Dershowitz government views mean Such technological tools ... are helping us now in the hot war against terrorists who would bomb this theater if they had the capacity to do so. Alan Dershowitz nsa hot war I don't believe in firing professors. They have academic freedom. Alan Dershowitz professors academic-freedom believe The plain message conveyed by the new administration is that George W Bush's America is a Christian nation, and that non-Christians are welcome into the tent so long as they agree to accept their status as a tolerated minority rather than as fully equal citizens. In effect, Bush is saying: "This is our home, and in our home we pray to Jesus as our savior. If you want to be a guest in our home, you must accept the way we pray." Alan Dershowitz christian home jesus
