Nat Hentoff Quotes
I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.
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I can just sense some eyes, some people kinda stare a little bit like they recognize me but don't quite know for sure kinda thing.
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Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
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Kids who don't have moms suffer a lifetime.
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Liberated from the error of pagan tradition through the benevolence and loving kindness of the good God with the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the operation of the Holy Spirit, I was reared from the very beginning by Christian parents. From them I learned even in babyhood the Holy Scriptures which led me to a knowledge of the truth.
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In fact, the Senkaku Islands are... inherent territory of Japan that is recognized in our history and also by international law.
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Every single figure on Mount Rushmore was a third party at one time or another, so third parties become major parties, and I think that the Libertarian Party may become my major party.
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There are certain things that can be asked that get me excited. It's never a thing where I think I'm too good, I'm just the type of person who likes to be enlightened. I don't like to go through the motions.
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I don't know much about football. I know what a goal is, which is surely the main thing about football.
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Rebellion is what you make of it. When you've been on a tour bus for two months straight, and then you get in your car and drive wherever you want, that can feel rebellious.
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Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.
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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.
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When you go to war, both sides lose totally.
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A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
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I don't think about people watching me on TV. I think it would stress me out.
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My cheat meals aren't even that exciting.
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No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
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I have really fond memories of growing up in Chicago, and I always love going back. I still have a lot of really good friends from high school that I go to dinner with. It's kind of become a tradition when I go out there to do a show to give a few friends a call, tell some funny stories about high school and walk down memory lane.
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I don't want any minister to pray for me. But if you want a minister there to pray for the crowd, I won't object.
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A man of abilities and character, of any sect whatever, may be admitted to any office of public trust under the United States.
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This town was built on nepotism.
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Regardless of how it's done, transaction costs will continue to plummet as computers get more powerful. Low transaction costs are a wonderful thing if you're in the transaction business. They're wonderful for consumers too, making it cheaper and easier to buy things and creating new things to buy.
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[E]mpathy - not squishy self-serving conflict avoidance - is the hand-maiden, not the enemy, of reason and intellectual inquiry.
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I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.
