Alan Dershowitz Quotes

A Whig [Liberal] may be a fool, a Tory [Conservative] must be so.

What is considered 'conservative' and what is considered 'liberal' changes in any given era.

A conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, and a libertarian is a conservative who's been indicted.

I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives.

This difference between the two parties covers a wide range, and is indicative of the conservative thought of the one and the progressive thought of the other.

My audience is much more center right, or centrist.

I am not a centrist.

Conservatives and liberals alike have been waiting for this moment for a third of a century.

Every poll about the Left, the Right, and happiness reveals that the farther left one goes, the less happy the person is likely to be.

I was never a left-winger, actually. I was a pretend left-winger because it was more interesting than being a right-winger.

No, I do not identify with the right wing.

If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's been arrested.

The left hand of the right wing.

Left-wing confusion spawns right-wing reaction.

The two parties which divide the state, the party of Conservatism and that of Innovation, are very old, and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made.

I don’t think America really has a left wing. The American left wing would fit very comfortably in the center or center right of most European political spectrums.

In truth, the parties of Whig [Liberal] and Tory [Conservative] are those of nature. They exist in all countries, whether called by these names, or by those of Aristocrats and Democrats, Cote Droite and Cote Gauche, Ultras and Radicals, Serviles, and Liberals.

What if you are a conservative in a liberal environment? Then what you are conserving is liberalism.

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted — in the air. A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest — at the command — of his head.

To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.

MSNBC will never be as liberal as Fox is conservative.

When a conservative praises a liberal as 'morally serious,' he means that person is less liberal than most.

Well it's really hard to satisfy the right wing. I can tell you that.

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.

My dad thinks Obama is a socialist and all these extreme views.