Quote by Alan Dershowitz
Its never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva A

Its 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

Other quotes by Alan Dershowitz

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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I think mistakes are the essence of science and law. Its 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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legal
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The defendant wants to hide the truth because hes generally guilty. The defense attorneys job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth. – Alan Dershowitz

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Truth
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War
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Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder. – Percy Bysshe Shelley, “A Declaration of Rights”

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War

They should pick a dry year to fight the war. Better yet, civilize the moronic races and have no wars at all. – Lt. Clair J. Clark, letter to wife, March 1944

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War

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II. – Thor Heyerdahl

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War

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever… money, for instance, or war. – Saul Bellow

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War

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I am as content to die for Gods eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way. – John Mason Brown

History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. – Thomas Huxley

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Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time. – J. J. Abrams

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Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more. – will.i.am

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