Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected.

Quote by Alan M Dershowitz

Topics: Juries And Judges Quotes

The best answer to bad speech is good speech

The best answer to bad speech is good speech

Look, I don't know whether God exists. I don't know that. And I tell you...

Look, I don't know whether God exists. I don't know that. And I tell you...

The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job...

The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job...

The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely...

The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely...

I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people...

I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people...

When you give religiously inspired zealots weapons of mass destruction and you promise them that...

When you give religiously inspired zealots weapons of mass destruction and you promise them that...

I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect...

I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect...

If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is...

If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is...

I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything...

I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything...

There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral

There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral

Morality is contraband in war.

Morality is contraband in war.

Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice...

Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice...

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of...

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of...

It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.

It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what...

Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what...

Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to...

Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable...

Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable...

Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand

Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand