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There is no perfect justice, just as there is no absolute in ethics. But there is perfect injustice, and we know it when we see it.

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I charge my wealthy clients a lot and put 10 per cent in a fund which I use to pay the expenses of my poorer clients. When the government gangs up on the poor schnook in the street, someone has to stand up for him.

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It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all principles of morality.

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Though Israel may often be deserving of criticism, what is missing is the comparable criticism of equal or greater violations by other countries and other groups. This constant, often legitimate criticism of Israel for every one of its deviations, when coupled with the absence of legitimate criticism of others, creates the impression currently prevalent on university campuses and in the press that Israel is among the worst human rights violators in the world....it is not true, but if it is repeated often enough, it takes on a reality of its own.

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When I was 14 or 15, a camp counselor told me I was smart. I had never been very good in school, but he told me once that I was smart but my mind operated a little differently.

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Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place.

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The worst mistake you can make is underrating your enemy. Assuming that they're evil - I think it's a terrible thing to do.

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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.

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Israel and the Palestinians must resolve their own differences. The United States can play an important role as facilitator and guarantor.

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In our criminal justice system, we say it's better for 10 guilty people to go free than for even one innocent person to be wrongly convicted.

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The Second Amendment has no place in modern society.

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I'm not a single-issue person, but I spend so much time on Israel because it is so unfairly condemned around the world.

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Well, first of all, no professor should be able to say, I refuse to defend my position. I refuse to debate my position.

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Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.

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Our First Amendment expresses a far different calculus for regulating speech than for regulating nonexpressive conduct and that is as it should be. The right to swing your fist should end at the tip of my nose, but your right to express your ideas should not necessarily end at the lobes of my ears.

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There's no evidence that I'm aware of that guns protect liberty.

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There are many levels of truth.

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A good lawyer knows how to shut up when he's won his case.

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I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it - also realizing it.

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There will never be another Ed Koch. He was an original, but he represented a significant, if shrinking, segment of American Jewry who refused to compromise their liberal values, their support for Israel or their Jewish pride.

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