President Quotes by Nat Hentoff
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Nat Hentoff’s eleven brief notes probe the president’s impact on free speech and democratic oversight. His journalist’s eye frames each comment as a reminder of the delicate balance between authority and liberty.
![“[Barack Obama's ] only principle is his own aggrandizement. This is a very dangerous mindset for a president to have.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c07/nat-hentoff-1615_barack_barack-obama-s-only-principle-is-his-own_1078995.jpg)
![“At least they [people] showed the world we could elect a black president.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bb1/nat-hentoff-1615_black_at-least-they-people-showed-the-world-we_1885341.jpg)
![“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/img-quotes/cc7/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_margot-hentoff-dislikes-bill-clinton-bec_218363.jpg)
![“The death panel issue arose with Tom Daschle, who was originally going to be the Health Czar. Daschle became enamored with the British system and wrote a book about health care, which influenced President [Barack] Obama.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ba6/nat-hentoff-1615_barack_the-death-panel-issue-arose-with-tom-das_2522903.jpg)
![“A woman in the audience asked [Barack] Obama about her mother. Her mother was 101 years old and was in need of a certain kind of procedure. Her doctor didn't want to do it because of her age. However, another doctor did and told this woman there is a joy of life in this person. The woman asked…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cad/nat-hentoff-1615_advise_a-woman-in-the-audience-asked-barack-oba_3075241.jpg)
![“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/img-quotes/72e/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_when-bill-clinton-was-running-for-presid_2209862.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/img-quotes/185/nat-hentoff-1615_asylums_the-immigration-bill-the-new-immigration_627830.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)
