[Barack] Obama has little, if any, principles except to aggrandize and make himself more and more important. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Even on the cable network MSNBC, some of the strongest proponents of [Barack] Obama are now beginning to question, if I may… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The whole politically correct movement, if it - if that's what it is, was spawned by liberals. So I try to avoid… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Means and ends are central. If your means are corroded, your ends will be corroded. And if you're fighting to preserve liberty… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Malcolm X made it very clear that if somebody goes after you - whether it's cops or not - you have to… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
An example is ObamaCare, which is now embattled in the Senate. If that goes through the way [Barack] Obama wants, we will… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[Arthur Koestler] wrote some other very interesting books, but that book - I mean, if I were teaching, I don't care what… — 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
What's wrong with it is, it lowers, to say the least, the credibility of the magazine. And if I were writing for… — 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
This sounds corny, but I once told a kid when I was in a the library conference, the best - not the… — 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
In the recent Virginia election, the black vote diminished. Now why was that? I think a lot of black folks are wondering… — 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
It was a competitive examination [in Boston Latin School]. Poor kids, Brahmans, middle-class kids. The masters, as the teachers were called, didn't… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
There's a black lawyer in Galveston, Texas, who was the unpaid NAACP general counsel in Texas. He had a great record in… — 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
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
[Cardinal John O'Connor] had [my wife] Margot and me over for drinks a couple of times. That was something I never could… — 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 Image
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 Image
[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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Now that is dangerous, when the people don't know what's happening to their Constitution. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
[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 Image
![“[Barack] Obama has little, if any, principles except to aggrandize and make himself more and more important.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ce5/nat-hentoff-1615_barack_barack-obama-has-little-if-any-principle_781923.jpg)
![“Even on the cable network MSNBC, some of the strongest proponents of [Barack] Obama are now beginning to question, if I may use their words, their "deity."” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6e4/nat-hentoff-1615_barack_even-on-the-cable-network-msnbc-some-of_1303507.jpg)
![“An example is ObamaCare, which is now embattled in the Senate. If that goes through the way [Barack] Obama wants, we will have something very much like the British system.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/99f/nat-hentoff-1615_barack_an-example-is-obamacare-which-is-now-emb_1192285.jpg)
![“[Arthur Koestler] wrote some other very interesting books, but that book - I mean, if I were teaching, I don't care what the course is, I would say you really have to read "Darkness at Noon".” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b8f/nat-hentoff-1615_arthur_arthur-koestler-wrote-some-other-very-in_1368211.jpg)
![“What's wrong with it is, it lowers, to say the least, the credibility of the magazine. And if I were writing for [The New Republic ], I would feel diminished because the owner had done such a thing [fire a journalist].” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/034/nat-hentoff-1615_credibility_what-s-wrong-with-it-is-it-lowers-to-say_1515826.jpg)
![“It was a competitive examination [in Boston Latin School]. Poor kids, Brahmans, middle-class kids. The masters, as the teachers were called, didn't give a damn about - how we felt, what was - things like at home. I mean, this goes against the current grain. All they thought about was: 'You're…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/581/nat-hentoff-1615_boston_it-was-a-competitive-examination-in-bost_2660360.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/quotes/img-quotes/6e3/nat-hentoff-1615_able_in-our-country-habeas-corpus-means-that_2424187.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/img-quotes/158/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_if-bill-shawn-liked-the-piece-then-he-wo_1950058.jpg)
![“[Cardinal John O'Connor] had [my wife] Margot and me over for drinks a couple of times. That was something I never could have envisioned back when I was a kid in Boston, that a cardinal and I would be, if not breaking bread, at least breaking Scotch.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a81/nat-hentoff-1615_back-when_cardinal-john-o-connor-had-my-wife-margo_2956043.jpg)
![“[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/quotes/img-quotes/060/nat-hentoff-1615_argument_margot-hentoff-thinks-first-of-all-she-t_42891.jpg)
![“My chronology is terrible. [Work with William Shawn] must have some ago. It was after he was fired by Newhouse. After New - when Newhouse bought The New Yorker, he said in one of those grand press” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b15/nat-hentoff-1615_chronology_my-chronology-is-terrible-work-with-will_68342.jpg)
![“We disagree heavily on abortion [with Margot Hentoff].” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b48/nat-hentoff-1615_abortion_we-disagree-heavily-on-abortion-with-mar_70628.jpg)
![“[My wife Margot] was the - I guess, the coordinator or the production manager [of The Jazz Review], and we got to know each other and we married.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/18d/nat-hentoff-1615_coordinator_my-wife-margot-was-the-i-guess-the-coord_104123.jpg)
![“[A.J. Muste] was - he - I don't know what he finally came out believing in, but it was some kind of higher being.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c49/nat-hentoff-1615_believe_a-j-muste-was-he-i-don-t-know-what-he-fi_209477.jpg)