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title: "1 Stalin Time Quotes By Nat Hentoff"
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> [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 fact about what it was like in Russia during Stalin's time when people actually believed that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/the-book-that-really-really-shaped-my-politics-and-has-forever-is/)

[Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/nat-hentoff-1615_arthur_the-book-that-really-really-shaped-my-po_106639.png)

## More by Nat Hentoff

> [My parents were Orthodox Jews but not very regular Orthodox Jews. I was bar mitzvahed and all that. But God was hardly ever mentioned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/my-parents-were-orthodox-jews-but-not-very-regular-orthodox-jews-i/)

[Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/)

> [There are enough people who are starting to be actively involved that we can turn things around. And we need to encourage others to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/there-are-enough-people-who-are-starting-to-be-actively-involved-that/)

[Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/)

> [ \[Margot Hentoff\] thinks - first of all, she - this I hear from a lot of people beside her. She thinks that men have… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/margot-hentoff-thinks-first-of-all-she-this-i-hear-from-a-lot-of/)

[Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/)

> [My father was pretty independent. He was - he was arrested once in Nashville when he was on one of his sales trips because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/my-father-was-pretty-independent-he-was-he-was-arrested-once-in/)

[Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/)

> [ My chronology is terrible. \[Work with William Shawn\] must have some ago. It was after he was fired by Newhouse. After New - when… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/my-chronology-is-terrible-work-with-william-shawn-must-have-some-ago/)

[Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/)

> [ We disagree heavily on abortion \[with Margot Hentoff\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/we-disagree-heavily-on-abortion-with-margot-hentoff/)

[Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/)

> [Now that is dangerous, when the people don't know what's happening to their Constitution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/now-that-is-dangerous-when-the-people-don-t-know-what-s-happening-to/)

[Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/)

> [ \[My wife Margot\] was the - I guess, the coordinator or the production manager \[of The Jazz Review\], and we got to know each… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/my-wife-margot-was-the-i-guess-the-coordinator-or-the-production/)

[Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/the-book-that-really-really-shaped-my-politics-and-has-forever-is/)

[Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/)

> [I have I guess 3 passions. One is the Constitution. The other is jazz and the other is being an atheist prolifer which, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/i-have-i-guess-3-passions-one-is-the-constitution-the-other-is-jazz/)

[Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/)

> [If the American people have their health care paid for by the government, depending on their age and their condition, they will be subject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/if-the-american-people-have-their-health-care-paid-for-by-the/)

[Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/)

> [ \[A.J. Muste\] was - he - I don't know what he finally came out believing in, but it was some kind of higher being. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/a-j-muste-was-he-i-don-t-know-what-he-finally-came-out-believing-in/)

[Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/)

> [That is what is happening with the Tea Parties. I wrote a column called "The Second American Revolution" about the fact that people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/that-is-what-is-happening-with-the-tea-parties-i-wrote-a-column/)

[Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/)

> [I read like everybody - like every other writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/i-read-like-everybody-like-every-other-writer/)

[Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/)

> [ 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. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/margot-hentoff-dislikes-bill-clinton-because-he-s-totally/)

[Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/)

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