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
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
Sandra Day O'Connor - once she said that there are - there were no public schools in America until the 18th century,… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[I have ] two boys. One, Nicholas, is a criminal defense attorney in Phoenix in which he - gets into - a… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
You have an electorate [in America] that wants to see people who are not tough on crime. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
As usual, the people who are poorest - the blacks, Hispanics and disabled people - are going to suffer more than anyone… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I really envy, in some respects, some of the people of faith I've known - A.J.[Muste], for example. — 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
Congressman [Richard ] Icord headed a House on American activities committee. It was called the House Internal Security Committee. And he put… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[Barack Obama] pledged to end torture, but he has continued the CIA renditions where you kidnap people and send them to another… — 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