Best Howard Zinn Quotations
- War in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children. Always Indiscriminate
- The problem in this world is not civil disobedience...th e problem in this world is civil obedience. Civil
- The meaning ... of a writer will be found not just in what he intends to say, or what he does literally say, but in… Beings
- But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power. Depends
- [...] There is none that disperses its control more complexly through the voting system, the work situation, the church, the family, the school, the mass… America
- The UN should arrange, as US forces leave, for an international group of peacekeepers and negotiators from the Arab countries to bring together Shiites, Sunnis… All
- My hope is that the memory of death and disgrace will be so intense that the people of the United States will be able to… Able
- The term 'just war' is an internal contradiction. War is inherently unjust, and the great challenge of our time is how to deal with evil,… Challenge
- The establishment, whatever rewards it gives us, will also, if necessary to maintain it's control, kill us Control
- There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people. Anti War
- Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. Dissent
- If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be… Charge
- Most wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian endeavors to help people. All
- If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates. Candidates
- We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in… Always Indiscriminate
- Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane. Action
- One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression. Anti War
- In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli. Declaration
- I'm worried that students will take their obedient place in society and look to become successful cogs in the wheel - let the wheel spin… Become Passive
- Any humane and reasonable person must conclude that if the ends, however desireable, are uncertain and the means are horrible and certain, these means must… Any
- What matters most is not who is sitting in the White House, but "who is sitting in" -- and who is marching outside the White… Change
- Let us in the name of the Holy Trinity go on sending all the slaves that can be sold. All
- Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience. Disobedience
- I will try not to overlook the cruelties that victims inflict on one another as they are jammed together in the boxcars of the system.… Boxcars
- I wonder how the foreign policies of the United States would look if we wiped out the national boundaries of the world, at least in… All
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