Constitution Quotes by Howard Zinn

“We see then, in the first years of the Constitution, that some of its provisions—even those paraded most flamboyantly (like the First…

— Howard Zinn

Charles Beard warned us that governments-inc luding the government of the United States-are not neutral, that they represent the dominant economic interests,…

— Howard Zinn

They were not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, they were absent in the Constitution and they were invisible in the new…

— Howard Zinn

“When economic interest is seen behind the political clauses of the Constitution, then the document becomes not simply the work of wise…

— Howard Zinn

“Were the Founding Fathers wise and just men trying to achieve a good balance? In fact, they did not want a balance,…

— Howard Zinn

The courtroom is one instance of the fact that while our society may be liberal and democratic in some large and vague…

— Howard Zinn

Perhaps the most important thing I learned was about democracy, that democracy is not our government, our constitution, our legal structure. Too…

— Howard Zinn

“During elections for the 1776 convention to frame a constitution for Pennsylvania, a Privates Committee urged voters to oppose “great and overgrown…

— Howard Zinn

“The Constitution was a compromise between slaveholding interests of the South and moneyed interests of the North. For the purpose of uniting…

— Howard Zinn

The Constitution. . . illustrates the complexity of the American system: that it serves the interests of a wealthy elite, but also…

— Howard Zinn

“So the real problem, according to Madison, was a majority faction, and here the solution was offered by the Constitution, to have…

— Howard Zinn

The First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights in the United States Constitution were being violated in Albany again and again - freedom…

— Howard Zinn

“During elections for the 1776 convention to frame a constitution for Pennsylvania, a Privates Committee urged voters to oppose “great and overgrown…

— Howard Zinn

“The Constitution became even more acceptable to the public at large after the first Congress, responding to criticism, passed a series of…

— Howard Zinn

The inferior position of blacks, the exclusion of Indians from the new society, the establishment of supremacy for the rich and powerful…

— Howard Zinn

“I was astonished, bewildered. This was America, a country where, whatever its faults, people could speak, write, assemble, demonstrate without fear. It…

— Howard Zinn

“Another view of the Constitution was put forward early in the twentieth century by the historian Charles Beard (arousing anger and indignation,…

— Howard Zinn

“A New York banker toasted the Supreme Court in 1895: “I give you, gentlemen, the Supreme Court of the United States—guardian of…

— Howard Zinn