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Howard Zinn quotes

American Historian December 7, 1922 – January 27, 2010

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Howard Zinn quote: "Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can change..."
Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can change the world. Howard Zinn
What matters most is not who is sitting in the White House, but "who is sitting in" -- and who is marching outside the White House, pushing for change. Howard Zinn
We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children. Howard Zinn
The Constitution. . . illustrates the complexity of the American system: that it serves the interests of a wealthy elite, but also does enough for small property owners, for middle-income mechanics and farmers, to build a broad base of support. The slightly prosperous people who make up this base of support are buffers against the blacks, the Indians, the very poor whites. They enable the elite to keep control with a minimum of coercion, a maximum of law--all made palatable by the fanfare of... Howard Zinn
But by this time I was acutely conscious of the gap between law and justice. I knew that the letter of the law was not as important as who held the power in any real-life situation. Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn quote: "In war, good guys always become bad guys."
In war, good guys always become bad guys. Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn quote: "I didn't want to spent a lot of close time with someone who..."
I didn't want to spent a lot of close time with someone who believed that fun is a bourgeois indulgence. Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn quote: "If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have..."
If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates. Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn quote: "Education becomes most rich and alive when it confronts the..."
Education becomes most rich and alive when it confronts the reality of moral conflict in the world. Howard Zinn
They were not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, they were absent in the Constitution and they were invisible in the new political democracy. They were the women of early America. Howard Zinn
Control in modern times requires more than force, more than law. It requires that a population dangerously concentrated in cities and factories, whose lives are filled with cause for rebellion, be taught that all is right as it is. Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn quote: "You can't be neutral on a moving train."
You can't be neutral on a moving train. Howard Zinn
The memory of oppressed people is one thing that cannot be taken away, and for such people, with such memories, revolt is always an inch below the surface. Howard Zinn
History can come in handy. If you were born yesterday, with no knowledge of the past, you might easily accept whatever the government tells you. But knowing a bit of history--while it would not absolutely prove the government was lying in a given instance--might make you skeptical, lead you to ask questions, make it more likely that you would find out the truth. Howard Zinn
The democratic principle, enunciated in the words of the Declaration of Independence, declared that government was secondary, that the people who established it were primary. Thus, the future of democracy depended on the people, and their growing consciousness of what was the decent way to relate to their fellow human beings all over the world. Howard Zinn

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