Alan Dershowitz Quotes About Torture

Quotes about: Torture

• If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to be done openly, with accountability, with approval by the president of the United States or by a Supreme Court justice.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Numbers, Justice, Accountability

  "Dershowitz: Torture could be justified". Interview with Wolf Blitzer, edition.cnn.com. March 4, 2003.

• I think there would be less torture with a warrant requirement than without one.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Thinking, Would Be, Requirements

  Alan M. Dershowitz (2008). “Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge”, Yale University Press

• Everybody says they're opposed to torture. But everyone would do it personally if they knew it could save the life of a kidnapped child who had only two hours of oxygen left before death. And it would be the right thing to do.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Children, Oxygen, Two

  "Does torture work?" by Martin Robbins, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2010.

• I have no doubt that if an actual ticking bomb situation were to arise, our law enforcement authorities would torture. The real debate is whether such torture should take place outside of our legal system or within it. The answer to this seems clear: If we are to have torture, it should be authorized by the law.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Real, Law, Doubt

  "Is There a Torturous Road to Justice?" by Alan Dershowitz, articles.latimes.com. November 8, 2001.

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