Those who created this country chose freedom. With all of its dangers. And do you know the riskiest part of that choice they made? They actually believed that we could be trusted to make up our own minds in the whirl of differing ideas. That we could be trusted to remain free, even when there were very, very seductive voices - taking advantage of our freedom of speech - who were trying to turn this country into the kind of place where the government could tell you what you can and cannot do.
I have I guess 3 passions. One is the Constitution. The other is jazz and the other is being an atheist prolifer which, of course, gets me in a lot o… - 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 course, gets me in a lot o…
- Nat Hentoff
I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact. - Nat Hentoff
I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.
I always wanted to be a lawyer,but I certainly never wanted to be a trapeze performer. - Nat Hentoff
I always wanted to be a lawyer,but I certainly never wanted to be a trapeze performer.
One of the worst elements of Obama's career, which no one talks about, is that he voted twice for a bill that said, if there is a botched abortion, i… - Nat Hentoff
One of the worst elements of Obama's career, which no one talks about, is that he voted twice for a bill that said, if there is a botched abortion, i…
There is a seamless web to life.. all life is sacred. - Nat Hentoff
There is a seamless web to life.. all life is sacred.
I say personally because I am 84 years old, and [Barack Obama's] is the first administration that has scared me in terms of my lifespan. - Nat Hentoff
I say personally because I am 84 years old, and [Barack Obama's] is the first administration that has scared me in terms of my lifespan.
I was co-editor of the magazine called The Jazz Review, which was a pioneering magazine because it was the only magazine, then or now, in which all t… - Nat Hentoff
I was co-editor of the magazine called The Jazz Review, which was a pioneering magazine because it was the only magazine, then or now, in which all t…
[Barack] Obama has little, if any, principles except to aggrandize and make himself more and more important. - Nat Hentoff
[Barack] Obama has little, if any, principles except to aggrandize and make himself more and more important.
A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have a First Amendment or a Bill of Rights. - Nat Hentoff
A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have a First Amendment or a Bill of Rights.
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