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title: "30 Way Quotes By Howard Zinn"
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> [The rule of law does not do away with the unequal distribution of wealth and power, but reinforces that inequality with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-rule-of-law-does-not-do-away-with-the-unequal-distribution-of/)

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> [I have come to believe that our lives can be turned in a different direction, our minds adopt a different way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/i-have-come-to-believe-that-our-lives-can-be-turned-in-a-different/)

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> [The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured. Those special people who speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-power-of-a-bold-idea-uttered-publicly-in-defiance-of-dominant-2/)

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> [When I say history is a matter of life and death, I mean this: If you really don't know history, you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/when-i-say-history-is-a-matter-of-life-and-death-i-mean-this-if-you/)

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> [I don't think we can depend on Congress. In the American political system - we have been brought up to believe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/i-don-t-think-we-can-depend-on-congress-in-the-american-political/)

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> [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/)

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> [The only way things will happen is if people get over the notion that they must see immediate success. If they get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-only-way-things-will-happen-is-if-people-get-over-the-notion-that/)

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> [If there is going to be change, real change, it will have to work its way from the bottom up, from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/if-there-is-going-to-be-change-real-change-it-will-have-to-work-its/)

[Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/)

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> [I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/i-am-convinced-that-imprisonment-is-a-way-of-pretending-to-solve-the-2/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/war-is-by-definition-the-indiscriminate-killing-of-huge-numbers-of/)

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> [Is not nationalism - that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder - one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/is-not-nationalism-that-devotion-to-a-flag-an-anthem-a-boundary-so/)

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> [We cannot create blueprint for future society, but it is good to think about that. It is good to have in mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/we-cannot-create-blueprint-for-future-society-but-it-is-good-to-think/)

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> [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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/i-came-to-the-conclusion-that-war-was-an-unacceptable-way-of-solving/)

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> [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/)

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> [History is important. If you don't know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/history-is-important-if-you-don-t-know-history-it-is-as-if-you-were/)

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> [The white population could not possibly be unaffected by those events - some whites more stubborn in their defense of segregation, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-white-population-could-not-possibly-be-unaffected-by-those-events/)

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> [Control in modern times requires more than force, more than law. It requires that a population dangerously concentrated in cities and factorites,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/control-in-modern-times-requires-more-than-force-more-than-law-it-2/)

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> [The democratic principle, enunciated in the words of the Declaration of Independence, declared that government was secondary, that the people who established…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-democratic-principle-enunciated-in-the-words-of-the-declaration/)

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> [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/)

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> [If we have learned anything in the past ten years, it is that these lovely things about America were never lovely. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/if-we-have-learned-anything-in-the-past-ten-years-it-is-that-these/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/i-believe-there-are-huge-numbers-of-people-in-this-country-who-would/)

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> [“One percent of the nation owns a third of the wealth. The rest of the wealth is distributed in such a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/one-percent-of-the-nation-owns-a-third-of-the-wealth-the-rest-of-the/)

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> [Whenever I become discouraged (which is on alternate Tuesdays, between three and four) I lift my spirits by remembering: The artists are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/whenever-i-become-discouraged-which-is-on-alternate-tuesdays-between/)

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> [Indeed, it is impossible to be neutral. In a world already moving in certain directions, where wealth and power are already distributed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/indeed-it-is-impossible-to-be-neutral-in-a-world-already-moving-in/)

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> [I think a way to behave is to think not in terms of representative government, not in terms of voting, not in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/i-think-a-way-to-behave-is-to-think-not-in-terms-of-representative/)

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> [Now I have been studying very closely what happens every day in the courts in Boston, Massachusetts. You would be astounded--maybe you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/now-i-have-been-studying-very-closely-what-happens-every-day-in-the/)

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> [Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it. It is a corrective to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/protest-beyond-the-law-is-not-a-departure-from-democracy-it-is/)

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## Other authors on Way

## 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/)

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                        "text": "The inferior position of blacks, the exclusion of Indians from the new society, the establishment of supremacy for the rich and powerful in the new nation--all this was already settled in the colonies by the time of the Revolution. With the English out of the way, it could now be put on paper, solidified, regularized, made legitimate by the Constitution of the United States.",
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