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
[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
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
A liberal was somebody who expected and hoped that government would help the poor - you know, that whole routine. I did… — 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
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
I found out - the paper used to go to bed on Tues - on Monday. I found out that on Monday… — 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
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 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
![“I wish [my wife] would [work] because - especially now the kind of - I mean, honesty is hardly the word. She writes with a ferocity of clarity that - nobody else around has now.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/012/nat-hentoff-1615_clarity_i-wish-my-wife-would-work-because-especi_340871.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)
![“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)
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/162/nat-hentoff-1615_angry_i-was-less-angry-at-carl-armstrong-thoug_2131420.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)
![“[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)