I am attacked equally by the hard right and the hard left for expressing what they regard as politically incorrect views. I thrive on such controversy and welcome it. It only encourages me to speak out more. I have not been affected by attacks on me for defending freedom of speech and due process.

I feel like my 50 years at Harvard were an interlude. I'm really a New Yorker.

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

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

I will continue to fight for justice, fairness, and constitutional rights until my dying breath.

There are many levels of truth.

I was a Jewish rabbinical student for 12 years, and studied the Bible all the time.