Now that is dangerous, when the people don't know what's happening to their Constitution. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I really envy, in some respects, some of the people of faith I've known - A.J.[Muste], for example. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Young people get very excited when they hear why they are Americans. It is not hard to do. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[People] felt good even though they didn't really know much about [Barack Obama] and may have had some doubts. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The people I admire are those who keep on producing and working and going on. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
You have an electorate [in America] that wants to see people who are not tough on crime. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
We are going to have a long period where people are accustomed or conditioned to what's going on now with the raping… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The general unemployment rate is going to continue for a long time and for all of us. I have never heard so… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
As usual, the people who are poorest - the blacks, Hispanics and disabled people - are going to suffer more than anyone… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Here is a guy who's supposed to be the Genghis Khan of the church, the pro-choice people hate him, and I don't… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Fortunately most of the people who were involved in anti-Vietnam activity did not con themselves into being like the violent people they… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
That is what is happening with the Tea Parties. I wrote a column called "The Second American Revolution" about the fact that… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
There are enough people who are starting to be actively involved that we can turn things around. And we need to encourage… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
If the American people have their health care paid for by the government, depending on their age and their condition, they will… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I wrote the column. I - you know, - the column simply said that [Clay] Felker is destroying this paper. And I… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I was less angry at [Carl] Armstrong, though I was angry at the people who came to his trial: Dan Ellsberg, who… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Sandra Day O'Connor - once she said that there are - there were no public schools in America until the 18th century,… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The book that really, really shaped my politics and has forever is Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon," which is a novel based… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Congressman [Richard ] Icord headed a House on American activities committee. It was called the House Internal Security Committee. And he put… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
My favorite story about O'Connor - one of them - is I was in Toronto at a pro-life conference.I had a session… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The immigration bill - the new immigration bill - [Bill Clinton] has stripped the courts, which Congress can do under the leadership… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time studying our Founders and people like Samuel Adams and the original Tea Party. What Adams and… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[Margot Hentoff] thinks - first of all, she - this I hear from a lot of people beside her. She thinks that… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
In our country, [habeas corpus ] means that if you've been sentenced and convicted in a state court, either to death or… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I am an atheist, although I very much admire and have been influenced by many traditionally religious people. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
At least they [people] showed the world we could elect a black president. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
When I was a kid in Boston, it was one of the most anti-Semitic cities in the country. If you were living… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[Barack Obama] pledged to end torture, but he has continued the CIA renditions where you kidnap people and send them to another… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
That term was used with hyperbole about the parts of the health care bill where doctors are mandated, if people are on… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
A good many people voted for [Barack] Obama, and I'm not only talking about the black vote. A lot of people voted… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I'm working on "Living the Bill of Rights," and it's about people - well, it starts with Brennan and Douglas as people… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I went to the library as soon as I could walk. So the training came from reading all kinds of people, from… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Carl Armstrong was one of those people in the anti-war years who had been so convinced of the righteousness of their cause… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[I have ] two boys. One, Nicholas, is a criminal defense attorney in Phoenix in which he - gets into - a… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
My parents were Orthodox Jews but not very regular Orthodox Jews. I was bar mitzvahed and all that. But God was hardly ever mentioned… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share
There are enough people who are starting to be actively involved that we can turn things around. And we need to encourage others to… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share
[Margot Hentoff] thinks - first of all, she - this I hear from a lot of people beside her. She thinks that men have… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share
My father was pretty independent. He was - he was arrested once in Nashville when he was on one of his sales trips because… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share
My chronology is terrible. [Work with William Shawn] must have some ago. It was after he was fired by Newhouse. After New - when… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share
Now that is dangerous, when the people don't know what's happening to their Constitution. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share
[My wife Margot] was the - I guess, the coordinator or the production manager [of The Jazz Review], and we got to know each… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share
The book that really, really shaped my politics and has forever is Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon," which is a novel based on terrible… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share
I have I guess 3 passions. One is the Constitution. The other is jazz and the other is being an atheist prolifer which, of… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share
If the American people have their health care paid for by the government, depending on their age and their condition, they will be subject… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share
[A.J. Muste] was - he - I don't know what he finally came out believing in, but it was some kind of higher being. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share
That is what is happening with the Tea Parties. I wrote a column called "The Second American Revolution" about the fact that people are… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share
Margot [Hentoff] dislikes Bill Clinton because he's totally untrustworthy, and you really ought to have some faith in whoever's going to be your president. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share
![“I really envy, in some respects, some of the people of faith I've known - A.J.[Muste], for example.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/24d/nat-hentoff-1615_envy_i-really-envy-in-some-respects-some-of-t_3005302.png)
![“[People] felt good even though they didn't really know much about [Barack Obama] and may have had some doubts.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/43a/nat-hentoff-1615_barack_people-felt-good-even-though-they-didn-t_2180109.png)
![“You have an electorate [in America] that wants to see people who are not tough on crime.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/04f/nat-hentoff-1615_america_you-have-an-electorate-in-america-that-w_2735812.png)
![“As usual, the people who are poorest - the blacks, Hispanics and disabled people - are going to suffer more than anyone else under the [Barack] Obama administration.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/15c/nat-hentoff-1615_administration_as-usual-the-people-who-are-poorest-the_2972394.png)
![“Here is a guy who's supposed to be the Genghis Khan of the church, the pro-choice people hate him, and I don't know about his labor background so I figured there must be more to him, and there is. I wrote a book about [John Cardinal O'Connor].” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/de5/nat-hentoff-1615_backgrounds_here-is-a-guy-who-s-supposed-to-be-the-g_761069.jpg)
![“I wrote the column. I - you know, - the column simply said that [Clay] Felker is destroying this paper. And I heard that he was about ready to fire me, but two other people on The Voice interceded and, fortunately, he had a very short attention span, so I wasn't fired.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f90/nat-hentoff-1615_attention_i-wrote-the-column-i-you-know-the-column_2228462.jpg)
![“I was less angry at [Carl] Armstrong, though I was angry at the people who came to his trial: Dan Ellsberg, who ordinarily I respected a lot; Philip Berrigan; the guy who teaches at Princeton still - I can't remember his name. And they were saying - well, they were saying, really, what Arthur…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/162/nat-hentoff-1615_angry_i-was-less-angry-at-carl-armstrong-thoug_2131420.jpg)
![“Congressman [Richard ] Icord headed a House on American activities committee. It was called the House Internal Security Committee. And he put out a report, and he named a number of very destructive people who lectured at colleges and left arson in their wake and did other terrible things. And he…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/98a/nat-hentoff-1615_activity_congressman-richard-icord-headed-a-house_3014569.jpg)
![“The immigration bill - the new immigration bill - [Bill Clinton] has stripped the courts, which Congress can do under the leadership of the president, so that people who had a right to asylum or to petition - for asylum who were legal residents are now unable to go through because that part of the…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/185/nat-hentoff-1615_asylums_the-immigration-bill-the-new-immigration_627830.png)
![“[Margot Hentoff] thinks - first of all, she - this I hear from a lot of people beside her. She thinks that men have no business getting into this argument at all unless they're going to be pro-choice. But it turns out that a fair number of fetuses are male, and besides that, we are all one part of…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/060/nat-hentoff-1615_argument_margot-hentoff-thinks-first-of-all-she-t_42891.jpg)
![“In our country, [habeas corpus ] means that if you've been sentenced and convicted in a state court, either to death or to some other kind of sentence, you have the right to petition a federal court to review what happened to you. And until [Bill] Clinton, you had three, four, five, even more…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6e3/nat-hentoff-1615_able_in-our-country-habeas-corpus-means-that_2424187.png)
![“At least they [people] showed the world we could elect a black president.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/bb1/nat-hentoff-1615_black_at-least-they-people-showed-the-world-we_1885341.png)
![“[Barack Obama] pledged to end torture, but he has continued the CIA renditions where you kidnap people and send them to another country to be interrogated.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f00/nat-hentoff-1615_barack_barack-obama-pledged-to-end-torture-but_3189261.jpg)
![“A good many people voted for [Barack] Obama, and I'm not only talking about the black vote. A lot of people voted for Obama because of our history of racial discrimination in this country.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/324/nat-hentoff-1615_barack_a-good-many-people-voted-for-barack-obam_1948019.jpg)
![“[I have ] two boys. One, Nicholas, is a criminal defense attorney in Phoenix in which he - gets into - a lot of very controversial cases. He has sued Sheriff Arpaio, the famous sheriff who keeps people in tents, gives them green bologna and the like. My other son Tom is with Williams & Connolly in…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/14c/nat-hentoff-1615_attorney_i-have-two-boys-one-nicholas-is-a-crimin_2721473.png)
