Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Alan Dershowitz Quotes: In the real world in which we live, you always have to choose between evils. And in choosing between evils, you have to have moral criteria for how to make those choices.
         

In the real world in which we live, you always have to choose between evils. And in choosing between evils, you have to have moral criteria for how to make those choices.


Alan Dershowitz
Check all other quotes by Alan Dershowitz

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Alan Dershowitz Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 28 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/In-the-real-world-in-which-we-344629>.





Check out


Other quotes of Alan Dershowitz


Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice and they are also the most protected.

Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice and they are also the most protected.



The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.

The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.



The law is agnostic about truth. It's very skeptical of ultimate truth. That's why freedom of speech permits lies to be told.

The law is agnostic about truth. It's very skeptical of ultimate truth. That's why freedom of speech permits lies to be told.



Hypocrisy is not a way of getting back to the moral high ground. Pretending you're moral, saying your moral is not the same as acting morally.

Hypocrisy is not a way of getting back to the moral high ground. Pretending you're moral, saying your moral is not the same as acting morally.



There are many levels of truth.

There are many levels of truth.



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.

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.



I was critical of race-based affirmative action early on in my career and I've changed my mind. And I've publicly acknowledged that I was wrong.

I was critical of race-based affirmative action early on in my career and I've changed my mind. And I've publicly acknowledged that I was wrong.



There is a paranoid streak in American life. Radio talk show hosts tend to foment that paranoid streak in American life.

There is a paranoid streak in American life. Radio talk show hosts tend to foment that paranoid streak in American life.



Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians.

Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians.



I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect those for whom religion is important, but equally respect those who can achieve good morality without religion.

I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect those for whom religion is important, but equally respect those who can achieve good morality without religion.





Other quotes you may like


We are saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth of Christ Jesus, Son of God.

We are saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth of Christ Jesus, Son of God.




There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing. To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.

There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing. To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.



Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.



Al: So what's your strategy? Ed: I told you, a fist in his face!

Al: So what's your strategy? Ed: I told you, a fist in his face!



I always cry at weddings, especially my own.

I always cry at weddings, especially my own.



Ah! Do not judge the gods, young man, they have painful secrets.

Ah! Do not judge the gods, young man, they have painful secrets.



You can't fix everything in life; you must leave some things unfixed to move forward! Do not feel bad about this, because you have no time to fix everything! Leave the unfixed there and move forward!

You can't fix everything in life; you must leave some things unfixed to move forward! Do not feel bad about this, because you have no time to fix everything! Leave the unfixed there and move forward!



I'm good at disguising my feelings.

I'm good at disguising my feelings.



I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.

I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "In the real world in which we live, you always have to choose between evils. And in choosing between evils, you have to have moral criteria for how to make those choices.". Author of this quote is Alan Dershowitz. This quote is about real world, criteria, choices, moral, real, evil,.