[A.J. Muste] was - he - I don't know what he finally came out believing in, but it was some kind of… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I wish [my wife] would [work] because - especially now the kind of - I mean, honesty is hardly the word. She… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
My mother, when she was younger, worked at Filene's in Boston. And she was chief cashier. And I always wondered why she… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
We live in the village. We have a summer place in Westport, Connecticut. We don't spend a lot on all kinds of… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I had not been very kind to J. Edgar Hoover. And the field agent had written on - it was sent directly… — 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
Those who created this country chose freedom. With all of its dangers. And do you know the riskiest part of that choice… — 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
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
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 live in the Village right near NYU, which is taking over most of the Village. I've lived there for most of… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
A woman in the audience asked [Barack] Obama about her mother. Her mother was 101 years old and was in need of… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Clay Felker was then - he had - to his credit, he had created New York Magazine, which was the first of… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The [George W.] Bush administration would go into court on any kind of a case that they thought might embarrass them and… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I think at least two of [my kids] - and I'm - I better not speak them by name because I'm not… — 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