--- title: "20 Should Quotes By Howard Zinn" description: "20 Should quotes by Howard Zinn. Plus more from Howard Zinn and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/howard-zinn-576_dangerous_education-can-and-should-be-dangerous-17_1707898.jpg" --- > [Education can, and should be, dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/education-can-and-should-be-dangerous/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/howard-zinn-576_dangerous_education-can-and-should-be-dangerous-17_1707898.jpg) > [People should go where they are not supposed to go, say what they are not supposed to say, and stay when they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/people-should-go-where-they-are-not-supposed-to-go-say-what-they-are/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/howard-zinn-576_people_people-should-go-where-they-are-not-supp_1592547.jpg) > [The resources of a university, of a college, should not be wasted in merely academic pursuits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-resources-of-a-university-of-a-college-should-not-be-wasted-in/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e20/howard-zinn-576_academic_the-resources-of-a-university-of-a-colle_3011620.jpg) > [I am totally confident not that the world will get better, but that we should not give up the game before all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/i-am-totally-confident-not-that-the-world-will-get-better-but-that-we/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/388/howard-zinn-576_cards_i-am-totally-confident-not-that-the-worl_3092507.jpg) > [Should we not begin to redefine patriotism? We need to expand it beyond that narrow nationalism which has caused so much death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/should-we-not-begin-to-redefine-patriotism-we-need-to-expand-it/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/howard-zinn-576_boundaries_should-we-not-begin-to-redefine-patrioti_3216614.jpg) > [Memorial Day should be a day for putting flowers on graves and planting trees. Also, for destroying the weapons of death that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/memorial-day-should-be-a-day-for-putting-flowers-on-graves-and/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/howard-zinn-576_children_memorial-day-should-be-a-day-for-putting_2374944.jpg) > [That chain of relationships made me think of how connections are made--you read a book, you meet a person, you have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/that-chain-of-relationships-made-me-think-of-how-connections-are-made/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1f/howard-zinn-576_book_that-chain-of-relationships-made-me-thin_2413265.jpg) > [The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-future-is-an-infinite-succession-of-presents-and-to-live-now-as/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f62/howard-zinn-576_defiance_the-future-is-an-infinite-succession-of_1195443.jpg) > [ When the Democrats are attacked for \[inciting class warfare\] they shrink back. They don't say what obviously should be said, "Yes, there… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/when-the-democrats-are-attacked-for-inciting-class-warfare-they/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45a/howard-zinn-576_class_when-the-democrats-are-attacked-for-inci_2485533.jpg) > [We need to organize ourselves and protest against existing order - against war, against economic and sexual exploitation, against racism, etc. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/we-need-to-organize-ourselves-and-protest-against-existing-order/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/howard-zinn-576_against-racism_we-need-to-organize-ourselves-and-protes_2387069.jpg) > [If you work through the existing structures you are going to be corrupted. By working through political system that poisons the atmosphere,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/if-you-work-through-the-existing-structures-you-are-going-to-be/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a55/howard-zinn-576_argument_if-you-work-through-the-existing-structu_228076.jpg) > [War is by definition the indiscriminate killing of huge numbers of people for ends that are uncertain. Think about means and ends,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/war-is-by-definition-the-indiscriminate-killing-of-huge-numbers-of/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/howard-zinn-576_able_war-is-by-definition-the-indiscriminate_738007.jpg) > [“If history is to be creative, to anticipate a possible future without denying the past, it should, I believe, emphasize new possibilities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/if-history-is-to-be-creative-to-anticipate-a-possible-future-without/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2d/howard-zinn-576_ability_if-history-is-to-be-creative-to-anticipa_982314.jpg) > [I came to the conclusion that war was an unacceptable way of solving whatever problems there were in the world--that there would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/i-came-to-the-conclusion-that-war-was-an-unacceptable-way-of-solving/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/howard-zinn-576_buried_i-came-to-the-conclusion-that-war-was-an_1006964.jpg) > [The UN should arrange, as US forces leave, for an international group of peacekeepers and negotiators from the Arab countries to bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-un-should-arrange-as-us-forces-leave-for-an-international-group/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/howard-zinn-576_country_the-un-should-arrange-as-us-forces-leave_890337.jpg) > [The struggle for justice should never be abandoned because of the apparent overwhelming power of those who seem invincible in their determination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-struggle-for-justice-should-never-be-abandoned-because-of-the/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/howard-zinn-576_abandoned_the-struggle-for-justice-should-never-be_1585438.jpg) > [Objectivity is impossible and it is also undesirable. That is, if it were possible it would be undesirable, because if you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/objectivity-is-impossible-and-it-is-also-undesirable-that-is-if-it/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/howard-zinn-576_aim_objectivity-is-impossible-and-it-is-also_2469482.jpg) > [Human beings, whatever their backgrounds, are more open than we think, that their behavior cannot be confidently predicted from their past, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/human-beings-whatever-their-backgrounds-are-more-open-than-we-think/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ceb/howard-zinn-576_attitude_human-beings-whatever-their-backgrounds_966578.jpg) > [We cannot be secure by limiting our liberties, as some of our political leaders are demanding, but only by expanding themWe should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/we-cannot-be-secure-by-limiting-our-liberties-as-some-of-our/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/howard-zinn-576_compassion_we-cannot-be-secure-by-limiting-our-libe_2161653.jpg) > [To be hopeful in bad times is based on the fact that human history is not only of cruelty, but also of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/to-be-hopeful-in-bad-times-is-based-on-the-fact-that-human-history-is/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/howard-zinn-576_bad-time_to-be-hopeful-in-bad-times-is-based-on-t_545565.jpg) ## Other authors on Should ## More by Howard Zinn > [“A black man, Benjamin Banneker, who taught himself mathematics and astronomy, predicted accurately a solar eclipse, and was appointed to plan the new city…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/a-black-man-benjamin-banneker-who-taught-himself-mathematics-and/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) > [There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/there-is-no-flag-large-enough-to-cover-the-shame-of-killing-innocent/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) > [“a good education is a synthesis of book learning and involvement in social action, because each enrich the other. The accumulation of knowledge, while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/a-good-education-is-a-synthesis-of-book-learning-and-involvement-in/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-mountain-of-history-books-under-which-we-all-stand-leans-so/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/let-s-face-a-historical-truth-we-have-never-had-a-free-market-we-have/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/i-can-understand-pessimism-but-i-don-t-believe-in-it-it-s-not-simply/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) > [Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it. It is a corrective to the sluggishness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/protest-beyond-the-law-is-not-a-departure-from-democracy-it-is/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/now-i-have-been-studying-very-closely-what-happens-every-day-in-the/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) > [They were not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, they were absent in the Constitution and they were invisible in the new political democracy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/they-were-not-mentioned-in-the-declaration-of-independence-they-were/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) > [“Sexual purity was to be the special virtue of a woman. It was assumed that men, as a matter of biological nature, would sin,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/sexual-purity-was-to-be-the-special-virtue-of-a-woman-it-was-assumed/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/middle-class-americans-might-be-invited-to-join-a-new-elite-by/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) > [If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/if-those-in-charge-of-our-society-politicians-corporate-executives/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) > [We were not born critical of existing society. There was a moment in our lives (or a month, or a year) when certain facts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/we-were-not-born-critical-of-existing-society-there-was-a-moment-in/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) > [Behind the deceptive words designed to entice people into supporting violence -- words like democracy, freedom, self-defense, national security -- there is the reality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/behind-the-deceptive-words-designed-to-entice-people-into-supporting/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) > [“George Washington had turned down the requests of blacks, seeking freedom, to fight in the Revolutionary army. So when the British military commander in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/george-washington-had-turned-down-the-requests-of-blacks-seeking/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/howard-zinn/#itemlist", "name": "20 Should Quotes By Howard Zinn", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Education can, and should be, dangerous.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Howard Zinn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/education-can-and-should-be-dangerous/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/howard-zinn-576_dangerous_education-can-and-should-be-dangerous-17_1707898.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/howard-zinn-576_dangerous_education-can-and-should-be-dangerous-17_1707898.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/howard-zinn-576_dangerous_education-can-and-should-be-dangerous-17_1707898.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Education can, and should be, dangerous.” — Howard Zinn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People should go where they are not supposed to go, say what they are not supposed to say, and stay when they are told to leave.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Howard Zinn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/people-should-go-where-they-are-not-supposed-to-go-say-what-they-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/howard-zinn-576_people_people-should-go-where-they-are-not-supp_1592547.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/howard-zinn-576_people_people-should-go-where-they-are-not-supp_1592547.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/howard-zinn-576_people_people-should-go-where-they-are-not-supp_1592547.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People should go where they are not supposed to go, say what they are not supposed to say, and stay when…” — Howard Zinn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The resources of a university, of a college, should not be wasted in merely academic pursuits.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Howard Zinn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-resources-of-a-university-of-a-college-should-not-be-wasted-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e20/howard-zinn-576_academic_the-resources-of-a-university-of-a-colle_3011620.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e20/howard-zinn-576_academic_the-resources-of-a-university-of-a-colle_3011620.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e20/howard-zinn-576_academic_the-resources-of-a-university-of-a-colle_3011620.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The resources of a university, of a college, should not be wasted in merely academic pursuits.” — Howard Zinn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am totally confident not that the world will get better, but that we should not give up the game before all the cards have been played. 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