The fact that war belongs to the past, does not mean it has to be part of the future. — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Any humane and reasonable person must conclude that if the ends, however desireable, are uncertain and the means are horrible and certain,… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
There is a hard core of people in the United States who will not be moved, whatever facts you present, from their… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
I think people are dazzled by Obama's rhetoric, and that people ought to begin to understand that Obama is going to be… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
When I say history is a matter of life and death, I mean this: If you really don't know history, you are… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
There is one central characteristic of anarchism on the matter of means, and that central principle is a principle of direct action… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Democracy depends on citizens being informed, and since our media, especially television (which is the most important source of news for most… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
War is by definition the indiscriminate killing of huge numbers of people for ends that are uncertain. Think about means and ends,… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The idea of direct action against the evil that you want to overcome is a kind of common denominator for anarchist ideas… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Whenever I become discouraged (which is on alternate Tuesdays, between three and four) I lift my spirits by remembering: The artists are… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Human beings, whatever their backgrounds, are more open than we think, that their behavior cannot be confidently predicted from their past, that… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Indeed, it is impossible to be neutral. In a world already moving in certain directions, where wealth and power are already distributed… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
We need to organize ourselves and protest against existing order - against war, against economic and sexual exploitation, against racism, etc. But… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
If we have learned anything in the past ten years, it is that these lovely things about America were never lovely. We… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The problem of giving health care to everybody cannot be solved so long as we're spending huge sums of money for war.… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
We cannot create blueprint for future society, but it is good to think about that. It is good to have in mind… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“A black man, Benjamin Banneker, who taught himself mathematics and astronomy, predicted accurately a solar eclipse, and was appointed to plan the new city… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people. — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“a good education is a synthesis of book learning and involvement in social action, because each enrich the other. The accumulation of knowledge, while… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The mountain of history books under which we all stand leans so heavily in the other direction-so tremblingly respectful of states and statesmen and… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Let's face a historical truth: we have never had a "free market", we have always had government intervention in the economy, and indeed that… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
I can UNDERSTAND pessimism, but I don't BELIEVE in it. It's not simply a matter of faith, but of historical EVIDENCE. Not overwhelming evidence,… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it. It is a corrective to the sluggishness of… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Now I have been studying very closely what happens every day in the courts in Boston, Massachusetts. You would be astounded--maybe you wouldn't, maybe… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
They were not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, they were absent in the Constitution and they were invisible in the new political democracy.… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“Sexual purity was to be the special virtue of a woman. It was assumed that men, as a matter of biological nature, would sin,… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“Middle-class Americans might be invited to join a new elite by attacks against the corruption of the established rich. The New Yorker Cadwallader Colden,… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
