[Bill Clinton] has called for expanded wiretaps for the FBI. Nat Hentoff More Quotes by Nat Hentoff More Quotes From Nat Hentoff The media ignores what is really going on. Nat Hentoff media Why has slamming a ball with a racquet become so obsessive a pleasure for so many of us? It seems clear to me that a primary attraction of the sport is the opportunity it gives to release aggression physically without being arrested for felonious assault. Nat Hentoff opportunitysportsgiving My contact with [Cato] was strange. They're ideologues, like Trotskyites. All questions must be seen and solved within the true faith of libertarianism, the idea of minimal government. And like Trotskyites, the guys from Cato can talk you to death. Nat Hentoff guygovernmentideas I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact. Nat Hentoff first-amendmentunited-statesfirsts Liberalism isn't quite as liberal as it pretends to be. And it goes through my adventures with the FBI during the anti-war period and the civil rights period. Nat Hentoff rightsadventurewar What we have now in America is a surveillance society. Nat Hentoff surveillanceamerica 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 nice. He figured, `Oh, my God, that's more of my investment gone,' and paying money to writers for not printing them. That became, apparently, one of his weapons against Shawn when he - in the corporate skirmishes that went on. It was a bad mistake on my part. Nat Hentoff nicemistakethinking We live in the village. We have a summer place in Westport, Connecticut. We don't spend a lot on all kinds of things. But I have no complaints. Nat Hentoff villagekindsummer 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. Nat Hentoff issuespresidentbook A particular moment - and I'm not, to this day, quite sure how I feel about it - I had always wanted to be in the law books - you know, Hentoff vs. something or other. Nat Hentoff momentslawbook When I was a kid in Boston, it was one of the most anti-Semitic cities in the country. If you were living in the ghetto as I was, the Jewish ghetto part of Roxbury, and you went out alone at night, you might be subject to having people attacking you for being a Christ killer. Nat Hentoff ghettocountrykids We are going to have a long period where people are accustomed or conditioned to what's going on now with the raping of the Fourth Amendment. Nat Hentoff amendmentslongpeople In the recent Virginia election, the black vote diminished. Now why was that? I think a lot of black folks are wondering what this guy is really going to do, not only for them but for the country. If the country is injured, they will be injured. That may be sinking in. Nat Hentoff virginiacountrythinking Fortune ought to be a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master. Nat Hentoff jazzfortuneart Abortion happens because of economic circumstances. Nat Hentoff abortioneconomiccircumstances The need for a pro-life point of view undergirds everything you do. Nat Hentoff pro-lifeviewsneeds This is a dishonest administration, because it is becoming clear that the unemployment statistics of the [Barack] Obama administration are not believable. Nat Hentoff unemploymentstatisticsbecoming The need for education for the individual student should be recognized... home, neighborhood. But instead of that, we have the future being determined by standardized testing. Nat Hentoff determinedhomeneeds Every life is different; being pro-life is not only about saving the fetus, being pro-life is about all the stages of life. Nat Hentoff fetuspro-lifedifferent Being pro-life is an essential part of being a writer. Nat Hentoff pro-lifeessentialslife-is
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