Bills Quotes by Nat Hentoff

Margot [Hentoff] dislikes Bill Clinton because he's totally untrustworthy, and you really ought to have some faith in whoever's going to be…

— Nat Hentoff

One of the worst elements of Obama's career, which no one talks about, is that he voted twice for a bill that…

— Nat Hentoff

I have been in schools around the country, and I have written on education for years. Once, I was once doing a…

— Nat Hentoff

The present Stimulus Bill sets up the equivalent commission in the United States similar to that which is in England.

— Nat Hentoff

The immigration bill - the new immigration bill - [Bill Clinton] has stripped the courts, which Congress can do under the leadership…

— Nat Hentoff

[Bill Shawn] didn't edit the writers very strongly, but he knew what he wanted.

— Nat Hentoff

[Bill Clinton] has called for expanded wiretaps for the FBI.

— Nat Hentoff

I don't think [Bill Clinton] does anything - I don't think it's ill will. I don't think he's evil in the sense…

— Nat Hentoff

[Bill Shawn] had always been in The New Yorker immaculately dressed - quietly, immaculately dressed, very soft-spoken. On the phone I could…

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[Madness] happened so frequently. I think what I was most maddest about - and it's in the book [Speaking Freely: A Memoir]…

— Nat Hentoff

I told [a big investor in The New Yorker] - I was complaining the way writers complain.I said`[Bill Shawn] pays very well,…

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I've never met anybody quite like [Bill Shawn]. He created - and I'm sure it was conscious - an aura about him…

— Nat Hentoff

If [Bill Shawn] liked the piece, then he would run it. But he wanted the magazine to be something that was more…

— Nat Hentoff

I think one thing we share [with my wife] is a complete bottomless disdain for Bill Clinton.

— Nat Hentoff

A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have…

— Nat Hentoff

Bill Clinton outshines John Adams in that regard.

— Nat Hentoff

After [Bill Shawn] was fired, I was going to the YMHA [Young Men's Hebrew Association] on the Upper East Side to do…

— Nat Hentoff

When [Bill Clinton] was running for president. I'll never forget this one. He was running in New Hampshire. He was not doing…

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My - mine is based on the fact that Bill Clinton has done - and I'm - this sounds like hyperbole, but…

— Nat Hentoff

In our country, [habeas corpus ] means that if you've been sentenced and convicted in a state court, either to death or…

— Nat Hentoff

The habeas corpus business, that's to show that he [Bill Clinton] is not tough on crime.

— Nat Hentoff

That term was used with hyperbole about the parts of the health care bill where doctors are mandated, if people are on…

— Nat Hentoff

I've - that I regret. That was stupid and ignorant on my part. I went to a party as a guest of…

— Nat Hentoff

[Bill Clinton] was the man, as a matter of fact, who, in terms of the Communications Decency Act, which would have made…

— Nat Hentoff

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