Black Quote by Nat Hentoff Download Open image “At least they [people] showed the world we could elect a black president.” — Nat Hentoff ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Black President Elect Black People People Showed President Showed World Trump World World Elect
Electing a black president was probably the only coup America could pull off. — Nick Nolte Copy Share Image
Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver could have been president. I could go on with… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
After Obama became president, I realized that black people could not have put him in the White House - it had to be a… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
Electing the first African-American president was a tremendous accomplishment, but it hasn't erased racism. — Jack Schlossberg Copy Share Image
In my wildest dreams, I never would have thought we'd come to the point where were talking about the re-election of a black president. — Harvey Gantt Copy Share Image
I had great admiration for the election of President Obama. I believe that the U.S. at that moment showed tremendous capacity to show that… — Dilma Rousseff Copy Share Image
Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president. — Douglas Wilder Copy Share Image
I remember growing up, people would say, 'You could be president!' Well, for a black kid looking at that, it wasn't until Obama became… — Jimmie Allen Copy Share Image
There were people who voted for Obama simply because he was the first African-American. We had a lot of people that would not have… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The 'West Wing' writers room would not have come up with the idea of running a presidential campaign in which an African-American gets elected.… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Some said America took a step forward electing a black president. In light of the unconstitutiona l expansion of powers, lack of transparency and… — Denzel Washington 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 wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
Hollywood is so fixated on keeping it that way because it's generating the buzz, but that representation isn't right. I definitely feel like it's… — John Boyega Copy Share Image