--- title: "21 States Quotes By Howard Zinn" description: "21 States quotes by Howard Zinn. Plus more from Howard Zinn and more States sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/howard-zinn-576_country_the-united-states-builds-weapons-presuma_610918.jpg" --- > [The United States builds weapons presumably secretly, and then it sells them to other countries. So the whole business of secrecy is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-united-states-builds-weapons-presumably-secretly-and-then-it/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/howard-zinn-576_country_the-united-states-builds-weapons-presuma_610918.jpg) > [We better rethink the position of the United States in the world and whether we want to be an empire. Being an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/we-better-rethink-the-position-of-the-united-states-in-the-world-and/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/howard-zinn-576_america_we-better-rethink-the-position-of-the-un_2682796.jpg) > [I wonder how the foreign policies of the United States would look if we wiped out the national boundaries of the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/i-wonder-how-the-foreign-policies-of-the-united-states-would-look-if/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a60/howard-zinn-576_boundaries_i-wonder-how-the-foreign-policies-of-the_1364646.jpg) > [The strike, the boycott, the refusal to serve, the ability to paralyze the functioning of a complex social structure-these remain potent weapons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-strike-the-boycott-the-refusal-to-serve-the-ability-to-paralyze/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/howard-zinn-576_ability_the-strike-the-boycott-the-refusal-to-se_1840622.jpg) > [I am an anarchist, and according to anarchist principles nation states become obstacles to a true humanistic globalization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/i-am-an-anarchist-and-according-to-anarchist-principles-nation-states/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fa/howard-zinn-576_anarchist_i-am-an-anarchist-and-according-to-anarc_2481596.jpg) > [When the United States fought in Vietnam, it was organized modern technology versus organized human beings, and the human beings won.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/when-the-united-states-fought-in-vietnam-it-was-organized-modern/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ef/howard-zinn-576_human-beings_when-the-united-states-fought-in-vietnam_1037846.jpg) > [In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/in-the-united-states-today-the-declaration-of-independence-hangs-on/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cc/howard-zinn-576_declaration_in-the-united-states-today-the-declarati_2765622.jpg) > [There has always been, and there is now, a profound conflict of interest between the people and the government of the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/there-has-always-been-and-there-is-now-a-profound-conflict-of/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffa/howard-zinn-576_conflict_there-has-always-been-and-there-is-now-a_2948203.jpg) > [There is a hard core of people in the United States who will not be moved, whatever facts you present, from their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/there-is-a-hard-core-of-people-in-the-united-states-who-will-not-be/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/howard-zinn-576_beacons_there-is-a-hard-core-of-people-in-the-un_2715319.jpg) > [My hope is that the memory of death and disgrace will be so intense that the people of the United States will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/my-hope-is-that-the-memory-of-death-and-disgrace-will-be-so-intense/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/howard-zinn-576_able_my-hope-is-that-the-memory-of-death-and_259425.jpg) > [Imperialism is the factor in American policy, not just since 1898, but in fact long before it when we were expanding across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/imperialism-is-the-factor-in-american-policy-not-just-since-1898-but/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/howard-zinn-576_continents_imperialism-is-the-factor-in-american-po_1047826.jpg) > [The inferior position of blacks, the exclusion of Indians from the new society, the establishment of supremacy for the rich and powerful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-inferior-position-of-blacks-the-exclusion-of-indians-from-the-new/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/howard-zinn-576_colony_the-inferior-position-of-blacks-the-excl_1543694.jpg) > [No doubt that anarchist ideas are frightening to those in power. People in power can tolerate liberal ideas. They can tolerate ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/no-doubt-that-anarchist-ideas-are-frightening-to-those-in-power/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/howard-zinn-576_anarchism_no-doubt-that-anarchist-ideas-are-fright_622447.jpg) > [The United States government was proud that, although perhaps 100,000 Iraqis had died in the Gulf War of 1991, there were only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-united-states-government-was-proud-that-although-perhaps-100-000/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/howard-zinn-576_battle_the-united-states-government-was-proud-t_2913589.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) > [People of the United States have to really consider whether they want to be an empire. Sweden is not worried about terrorism.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/people-of-the-united-states-have-to-really-consider-whether-they-want/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/499/howard-zinn-576_ambition_people-of-the-united-states-have-to-real_634036.jpg) > [I start from the supposition that the world is topsyturvy, that things are all wrong, that the wrong people are in jail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/i-start-from-the-supposition-that-the-world-is-topsyturvy-that-things/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85d/howard-zinn-576_country_i-start-from-the-supposition-that-the-wo_2573038.jpg) > [Charles Beard warned us that governments-inc luding the government of the United States-are not neutral, that they represent the dominant economic interests,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/charles-beard-warned-us-that-governments-inc-luding-the-government-of/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a6/howard-zinn-576_beard_charles-beard-warned-us-that-governments_1172930.jpg) > [The First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights in the United States Constitution were being violated in Albany again and again - freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-first-amendment-and-fourteenth-amendment-rights-in-the-united/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5c/howard-zinn-576_again-and-again_the-first-amendment-and-fourteenth-amend_3056168.jpg) > [The mountain of history books under which we all stand leans so heavily in the other direction-so tremblingly respectful of states 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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/howard-zinn-576_book_the-mountain-of-history-books-under-whic_52689.jpg) > [If we trace origins of anarchism in the United States, then probably Henry David Thoreau is the closest you can come to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/if-we-trace-origins-of-anarchism-in-the-united-states-then-probably/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b9/howard-zinn-576_affair_if-we-trace-origins-of-anarchism-in-the_2076587.jpg) ## Other authors on States ## 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/states/howard-zinn/#itemlist", "name": "21 States Quotes By Howard Zinn", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The United States builds weapons presumably secretly, and then it sells them to other countries. 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