Quote by Alan Dershowitz
No country in the history of the world has ever contributed more t

No country in the history of the world has ever contributed more to humankind and accomplished more for its people in so brief a period of time as Israel has done since its relatively recent rebirth in 1948. – Alan Dershowitz

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In the Pentagon Papers case, the government asserted in the Supreme Court that the publication of the material was a threat to national security. It turned out it was not a threat to U.S. security. But even if it had been, that doesnt mean that it couldnt be published. – Alan Dershowitz

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Government
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We dont have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets. – Alan Dershowitz

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

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legal
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Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time. – C. S. Lewis

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History

We are the prisoners of history. Or are we? – Robert Penn Warren, Segregation

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History

The main thing is to make history, not to write it. – Otto von Bismarck

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History
[W]hen a historian enters into metaphysics he has gone to a far country from whose bourne he will never return a historian. – Shailer Mathews, The Spiritual Interpretation of History

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Much learning does not teach understanding. – Heraclitus

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I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. – John Edward Masefield

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In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them. – Thomas Huxley

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The ideal committee is one with me as the chairman, and two other members in bed with the flu. – Lord Milverton

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