"I think mistakes are the essence of science and law. It's impossible to conceive of either scientific progress or legal progress without understanding the important role of being wrong and of mistakes."
-Alan Dershowitz
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"It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all principles of morality.“
-Alan Dershowitz
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"Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom."
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"It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than in there being a Palestinian state."
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"We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well. These checking institutions include the academy, the media, religious institutions and NGOs."
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"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."
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"Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected."
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