--- title: "10 Howard Zinn Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 10 Howard Zinn quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Howard Zinn sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/alice-walker-347_irreverent_howard-zinn-was-magical-as-a-teacher-wit_2883041.png" --- > [Howard Zinn was magical as a teacher. Witty, irreverent, and wise, he loved what he was teaching and clearly wanted his students…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/howard-zinn-was-magical-as-a-teacher-witty-irreverent-and-wise-he/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/alice-walker-347_irreverent_howard-zinn-was-magical-as-a-teacher-wit_2883041.png) > [Imagine Jon Stewart if he gave a damn. He's like Howard Zinn after 12 beers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-swanson/imagine-jon-stewart-if-he-gave-a-damn-he-s-like-howard-zinn-after-12/) [David Swanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-swanson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/063/david-swanson-29886_beer_imagine-jon-stewart-if-he-gave-a-damn-he_1816134.jpg) > [That's what's great about Howard Zinn. Here's a guy who says, "Look, democracy doesn't come from above - it comes from below."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-brolin/that-s-what-s-great-about-howard-zinn-here-s-a-guy-who-says-look/) [Josh Brolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-brolin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/080/josh-brolin-11868_democracy_that-s-what-s-great-about-howard-zinn-he_2876343.jpg) > [By the way, Howard Zinn's History of America is front and center at the gift shop of the New York Historical Society.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/by-the-way-howard-zinn-s-history-of-america-is-front-and-center-at/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/rush-limbaugh-28_america_by-the-way-howard-zinn-s-history-of-amer_182725.jpg) > [I met Howard Zinn in 1961, my first year at Spelman College in Atlanta. He was the tall, rangy, good-looking professor that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-met-howard-zinn-in-1961-my-first-year-at-spelman-college-in-atlanta/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/alice-walker-347_atlanta_i-met-howard-zinn-in-1961-my-first-year_2499405.png) > [ John Silber said the single longest reference he could find to Abraham Lincoln \[in Howard Zinn's History of America \] was two… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/john-silber-said-the-single-longest-reference-he-could-find-to/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/rush-limbaugh-28_abraham_john-silber-said-the-single-longest-refe_2307581.jpg) > [ One of the most recent things we did \[in Perceval Press\] is a reissue of a fantastic documentary about Russian prison tattoo… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viggo-mortensen/one-of-the-most-recent-things-we-did-in-perceval-press-is-a-reissue/) [Viggo Mortensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viggo-mortensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/viggo-mortensen-1554_all-kinds_one-of-the-most-recent-things-we-did-in_2659438.jpg) > [Howard Zinn helped us desegregate Atlanta. That was moving because he took a lot of abuse for that. He and Staughton Lynd,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/howard-zinn-helped-us-desegregate-atlanta-that-was-moving-because-he/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/alice-walker-347_abuse_howard-zinn-helped-us-desegregate-atlant_2375344.jpg) > [Howard Zinn ran what is called the Zinn Education Project. It is a radical, radical bunch of insane lunatic leftists. And there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/howard-zinn-ran-what-is-called-the-zinn-education-project-it-is-a/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/rush-limbaugh-28_bunch_howard-zinn-ran-what-is-called-the-zinn_2041938.jpg) > [ This comes from Mike Gonzalez at the Daily Signal: \[ Howard\] Zinn's history "set the stage for the grievance mongering that passes… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/this-comes-from-mike-gonzalez-at-the-daily-signal-howard-zinn-s/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/rush-limbaugh-28_class_this-comes-from-mike-gonzalez-at-the-dai_1132612.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/howard-zinn/#itemlist", "name": "Howard Zinn Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Howard Zinn was magical as a teacher. 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