Alan M. Dershowitz > Quotes

“Foolish liberals who are trying to read the Second Amendment out of the Constitution by claiming it's not an individual right or that it's too much of a public safety hazard, don't see the danger in the big picture. They're courting disaster by encouraging others to use the same means to eliminate portions of the Constitution they don't like.”
― Alan M. Dershowitz

“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 M. Dershowitz

“A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you.”
― Alan M. Dershowitz

“I am not frightened of my beliefs. If there is a God who is threatening me with damnation because I don't believe in Him, so be it. I've lived my life in conscience, and I will suffer damnation willingly in conscience against a tyrannical God who would damn me because, on the basis of the intelligence He gave me, I have come to a conclusion doubting His existence, and I will continue to be a skeptic all of my life.”
― Alan M. Dershowitz

“The first rule for escaping prison in the United States is always having someone more important than yourself to incriminate.”
― Alan M. Dershowitz, Letters to a Young Lawyer