[Bill Shawn] didn't edit the writers very strongly, but he knew what he wanted. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The habeas corpus business, that's to show that he [Bill Clinton] is not tough on crime. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I think one thing we share [with my wife] is a complete bottomless disdain for Bill Clinton. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[Bill Shawn] had always been in The New Yorker immaculately dressed - quietly, immaculately dressed, very soft-spoken. On the phone I could… — 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
Inside that quietude there was the firmest of wills. [Bill Shawn] knew exactly what he wanted 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
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 Copy Share Image
I've never met anybody quite like [Bill Shawn]. He created - and I'm sure it was conscious - an aura about him… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The present Stimulus Bill sets up the equivalent commission in the United States similar to that which is in England. — 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
[Bill Clinton] was the man, as a matter of fact, who, in terms of the Communications Decency Act, which would have made… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I have been in schools around the country, and I have written on education for years. Once, I was once doing a… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
If [Bill Shawn] liked the piece, then he would run it. But he wanted the magazine to be something that was more… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
After New - when Newhouse bought The New Yorker, he said in one of those grand press conferences that 'Bill Shawn will… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
My - mine is based on the fact that Bill Clinton has done - and I'm - this sounds like hyperbole, but… — 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
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 Copy Share Image
I've - that I regret. That was stupid and ignorant on my part. I went to a party as a guest of… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I told [a big investor in The New Yorker] - I was complaining the way writers complain.I said'[Bill Shawn] pays very well,… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[Madness] happened so frequently. I think what I was most maddest about - and it's in the book [Speaking Freely: A Memoir]… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When [Bill Clinton] was running for president. I'll never forget this one. He was running in New Hampshire. He was not doing… — 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
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
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![“[Bill Shawn] didn't edit the writers very strongly, but he knew what he wanted.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f0/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_bill-shawn-didn-t-edit-the-writers-very_668456.png)
![“The habeas corpus business, that's to show that he [Bill Clinton] is not tough on crime.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_the-habeas-corpus-business-that-s-to-sho_2461322.png)
![“I think one thing we share [with my wife] is a complete bottomless disdain for Bill Clinton.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ca/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_i-think-one-thing-we-share-with-my-wife_2001623.png)
![“[Bill Shawn] had always been in The New Yorker immaculately dressed - quietly, immaculately dressed, very soft-spoken. On the phone I could hardly hear him sometimes.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08e/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_bill-shawn-had-always-been-in-the-new-yo_1096378.png)
![“Inside that quietude there was the firmest of wills. [Bill Shawn] knew exactly what he wanted to do.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/039/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_inside-that-quietude-there-was-the-firme_3082973.png)
![“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 that he hates the Bill of Rights. He does what he figures will help him politically.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c5/nat-hentoff-1615_bill-of-rights_i-don-t-think-bill-clinton-does-anything_1029182.png)
![“I've never met anybody quite like [Bill Shawn]. He created - and I'm sure it was conscious - an aura about him of quietude.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/nat-hentoff-1615_auras_i-ve-never-met-anybody-quite-like-bill-s_1934145.png)
![“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.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_margot-hentoff-dislikes-bill-clinton-bec_218363.png)
![“[Bill Clinton] was the man, as a matter of fact, who, in terms of the Communications Decency Act, which would have made the Internet, the whole concept of cyberspace, vulnerable to rampant censorship - he pushed that bill, and I know the man in the Justice Department whom he persuaded - the guy…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a0/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_bill-clinton-was-the-man-as-a-matter-of_2997852.jpg)
![“If [Bill Shawn] liked the piece, then he would run it. But he wanted the magazine to be something that was more than just a weekly event. And as a result you could pick up a New Yorker under him, as I mentioned before, a year from then or 10 years or 20 years and there would always be something…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_if-bill-shawn-liked-the-piece-then-he-wo_1950058.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/quotes/i/185/nat-hentoff-1615_asylums_the-immigration-bill-the-new-immigration_627830.png)
![“I told [a big investor in The New Yorker] - I was complaining the way writers complain.I said'[Bill Shawn] pays very well, but a lot of my pieces don't get in,' and that was true of most of the writers there.But he pays you for them, that was very nice of him. This guy didn't think it was very…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/nat-hentoff-1615_bad-mistake_i-told-a-big-investor-in-the-new-yorker_1855550.jpg)
![“[Madness] happened so frequently. I think what I was most maddest about - and it's in the book [Speaking Freely: A Memoir] - when the House and the Senate, back in 1984, were debating a bill that would - at least delay and maybe stop some of the ex - summary execution of disabled children…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbb/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_madness-happened-so-frequently-i-think-w_1571691.jpg)
![“After [Bill Shawn] was fired, I was going to the YMHA [Young Men's Hebrew Association] on the Upper East Side to do a talk on free speech.I went into a coffee shop to get a piece of pie and a coffee, and I was reading a paper and I hear a voice. And it was -it was not a voice I was familiar with…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/nat-hentoff-1615_association_after-bill-shawn-was-fired-i-was-going-t_2185565.png)
![“When [Bill Clinton] was running for president. I'll never forget this one. He was running in New Hampshire. He was not doing well. And he suddenly, over a weekend, rushed back to Little Rock to execute a guy who had killed a cop, but in the process, the policeman had shot him in the head and he…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_when-bill-clinton-was-running-for-presid_2209862.png)
![“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/quotes/i/6e3/nat-hentoff-1615_able_in-our-country-habeas-corpus-means-that_2424187.png)