I can't think of a single area where [Barack] Obama is not destructive. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I think one thing we share [with my wife] is a complete bottomless disdain for Bill Clinton. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I don't think [Bill Clinton] does anything - I don't think it's ill will. I don't think he's evil in the sense… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
In the recent Virginia election, the black vote diminished. Now why was that? I think a lot of black folks are wondering… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[Søren ] Kierkegaard said it for me a long time ago. He said, 'You can't really think yourself into a faith, into… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I know [Arthur Koestler] fought in the Spanish Civil War. He was in prison, I think, in Spain and in Russia. He… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I felt better about myself that I did it [calling Max Askeli Commander Askeli], rather than have - rather than thinking it… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I've I call [Cardinal John O'Connor] from time to time and he calls me. And when I think there's something he ought… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The most recent example and the most, I think, appalling example was when Martin Peretz, the owner - and I stress owner… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
When the ACLU took my case and we got a ruling I think, for the first time, they could - the Congress… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I told [a big investor in The New Yorker] - I was complaining the way writers complain.I said'[Bill Shawn] pays very well,… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
There wasn't much said, but I was thinking, perhaps unkindly - not unkindly,but on - inaccurately of Theodore Dreiser's "Carrie," when the… — 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… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
[Madness] happened so frequently. I think what I was most maddest about - and it's in the book [Speaking Freely: A Memoir]… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
A.J.[Muste] died in the late '60s, I think. He was 81, something like that. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I've always been amused by [Bob] Dylan; I don't think he's been amused by me. — 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
The main jobs would be The New Yorker, The Village Voice, The Washington Post and - I'm thinking of The Reporter when… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I say this because the Left has taken what passes for their principles as an absolute religion. They don't think anymore. They… — 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
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
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![“I think one thing we share [with my wife] is a complete bottomless disdain for Bill Clinton.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1ca/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_i-think-one-thing-we-share-with-my-wife_2001623.jpg)
![“I don't think [Bill Clinton] does anything - I don't think it's ill will. I don't think he's evil in the sense that he hates the Bill of Rights. He does what he figures will help him politically.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1c5/nat-hentoff-1615_bill-of-rights_i-don-t-think-bill-clinton-does-anything_1029182.jpg)
![“[Søren ] Kierkegaard said it for me a long time ago. He said, 'You can't really think yourself into a faith, into a religion. It's something you have to make a leap into faith.' And I've never been able to do that. I wish I could. Then maybe I could believe in an afterlife.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7cc/nat-hentoff-1615_able_s-ren-kierkegaard-said-it-for-me-a-long_1177231.jpg)
![“I know [Arthur Koestler] fought in the Spanish Civil War. He was in prison, I think, in Spain and in Russia. He came to the United States; that's when I saw him in the mid-1940s.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/32f/nat-hentoff-1615_arthur_i-know-arthur-koestler-fought-in-the-spa_1925124.jpg)
![“I felt better about myself that I did it [calling Max Askeli Commander Askeli], rather than have - rather than thinking it and not writing it for being afraid of what might happen to me.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4b9/nat-hentoff-1615_being-afraid_i-felt-better-about-myself-that-i-did-it_2291553.jpg)
![“I've I call [Cardinal John O'Connor] from time to time and he calls me. And when I think there's something he ought to think about doing, I call him and he usually does it.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0f8/nat-hentoff-1615_call-me_i-ve-i-call-cardinal-john-o-connor-from_2152132.jpg)
![“I told [a big investor in The New Yorker] - I was complaining the way writers complain.I said'[Bill Shawn] pays very well, but a lot of my pieces don't get in,' and that was true of most of the writers there.But he pays you for them, that was very nice of him. This guy didn't think it was very…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aff/nat-hentoff-1615_bad-mistake_i-told-a-big-investor-in-the-new-yorker_1855550.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)
![“[Madness] happened so frequently. I think what I was most maddest about - and it's in the book [Speaking Freely: A Memoir] - when the House and the Senate, back in 1984, were debating a bill that would - at least delay and maybe stop some of the ex - summary execution of disabled children…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dbb/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_madness-happened-so-frequently-i-think-w_1571691.jpg)
![“A.J.[Muste] died in the late '60s, I think. He was 81, something like that.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bc9/nat-hentoff-1615_died_a-j-muste-died-in-the-late-60s-i-think-h_2920039.jpg)
![“I've always been amused by [Bob] Dylan; I don't think he's been amused by me.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6e9/nat-hentoff-1615_amused_i-ve-always-been-amused-by-bob-dylan-i-d_2537829.jpg)
![“I think at least two of [my kids] - and I'm - I better not speak them by name because I'm not sure where they are these days, but at least two of them believe in some kind of higher force. The - another is an atheist and the other is still pondering.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/36f/nat-hentoff-1615_atheist_i-think-at-least-two-of-my-kids-and-i-m_3187088.jpg)
![“I say this because the Left has taken what passes for their principles as an absolute religion. They don't think anymore. They just react. When they have somebody like [Barack] Obama whom they put into office, they believed in the religious sense and, of course, that is a large part of the reason…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bc2/nat-hentoff-1615_absolutes_i-say-this-because-the-left-has-taken-wh_2606883.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)
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![“[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)