Numbers Quotes by Howard Zinn

11 Numbers quotes by Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn’s lens on data often reveals hidden narratives in society. In this modest collection you’ll find eleven concise observations that link numbers to power structures and collective memory.

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Beyond the futility of armed force, and ultimately more important, is the fact that war in our time inevitably results in the…

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The term 'just war' is an internal contradiction. War is inherently unjust, and the great challenge of our time is how to…

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War is terrorism ... Terrorism is the willingness to kill large numbers of people for some presumably good cause. That's what terrorists…

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It must surely be a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit that even a small number of those men and…

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I knew that a historian (or a journalist, or anyone telling a story) was forced to choose, out of an infinite number…

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Unfortunately, the greater consciousness among Whites about Black equality has not carried over to the new victims of racism - Muslims and…

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I believe there are huge numbers of people in this country who would be willing to have radical changes in our economic…

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Each situation has to be evaluated separately, for all are different. In general, I believe in non-violent direct action, which involve organizing…

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The pretense in disputed elections is that the great conflict is between the two major parties. The reality is that there is…

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I came to the conclusion that war was an unacceptable way of solving whatever problems there were in the world--that there would…

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War is by definition the indiscriminate killing of huge numbers of people for ends that are uncertain. Think about means and ends,…

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

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“Sexual purity was to be the special virtue of a woman. It was assumed that men, as a matter of biological nature, would sin,…

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“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,…

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If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will…

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We were not born critical of existing society. There was a moment in our lives (or a month, or a year) when certain facts…

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Behind the deceptive words designed to entice people into supporting violence -- words like democracy, freedom, self-defense, national security -- there is the reality…

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“George Washington had turned down the requests of blacks, seeking freedom, to fight in the Revolutionary army. So when the British military commander in…

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