We've never had our injustices rectified from the top, from the president or Congress, or the Supreme Court, no matter what we… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“When economic interest is seen behind the political clauses of the Constitution, then the document becomes not simply the work of wise… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“How the public felt about government aid to the poor seemed to depend on how the question was put. Both parties, and… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most important thing I learned was about democracy, that democracy is not our government, our constitution, our legal structure. Too… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The United States government was proud that, although perhaps 100,000 Iraqis had died in the Gulf War of 1991, there were only… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
There has always been, and there is now, a profound conflict of interest between the people and the government of the United… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“Today everybody is talking about the fact that we live in one world; because of globalization, we are all part of the… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The really critical thing isn't who's sitting in he White House, but who is sitting in the streets, in the cafeterias, in… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Memorial Day will be celebrated ... by the usual betrayal of the dead, by the hypocritical patriotism of the politicians and contractors… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“Another view of the Constitution was put forward early in the twentieth century by the historian Charles Beard (arousing anger and indignation,… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media,… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“I've always resented the smug statements of politicians, media commentators, corporate executives, who talked of how, in America, if you worked hard,… — 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
