Alan Dershowitz Quotes About Doubt

Quotes about: Doubt

• Look, I don't know whether God exists. I don't know that. And I tell you one thing, I am not frightened of my beliefs. If there is a God who is threatening me with damnation because I don't believe in Him, so be it. I've lived my life in conscience, and I will suffer damnation willingly in conscience against a tyrannical God who would damn me because, on the basis of the intelligence He gave me, I have come to a conclusion doubting His existence, and I will continue to be a skeptic all of my life.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Believe, If There Is A God, Doubt

• Scientists search for truth. Philosophers search for morality. A criminal trial searches for only one result: proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Doubt, Criminals, Trials

  "Casey Anthony: The System Worked" by Alan Dershowitz, www.wsj.com. July 7, 2011.

• I don't think the law exists to arrive at the truth. If it did, we wouldn't have exclusionary rules, we wouldn't have presumptions of innocence, we wouldn't have proof beyond reasonable doubt. There's an enormous difference between the role of truth in law and the role of truth in science. In law, truth is one among many goals.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Thinking, Law, Presumption Of Innocence

• 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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