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Power Quotes by Howard Zinn
- Is not nationalism - that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder - one of the great evils…
- The rule of law does not do away with the unequal distribution of wealth and power, but reinforces that inequality with the authority of law.…
- If democracy were to be given any meaning, if it were to go beyond the limits of capitalism and nationalism, this would not come, if…
- There is no act too small, no act too bold. The history of social change is the history of millions of actions, small and large,…
- Where progress has been made, wherever any kind of injustice has been overturned, it’s been because people acted as citizens, and not as politicians. They…
- The struggle for justice should never be abandoned because of the apparent overwhelming power of those who seem invincible in their determination to hold on…
- The challenge remains. On the other side are formidable forces: money, political power, the major media. On our side are the people of the world…
- When we organize with one another, when we get involved, when we stand up and speak out together, we can create a power no government…
- Democracy depends on citizens being informed, and since our media, especially television (which is the most important source of news for most Americans) reports mostly…
- The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured.
- Very important thing to keep in mind, that when justice comes and when injustices are remedied, they’re not remedied by the initiative of the national…
- 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.
- 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…
- If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be…
- History is important. If you don't know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there…
- The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured. Those special people who speak out in such…
- But by this time I was acutely conscious of the gap between law and justice. I knew that the letter of the law was not…
- There is a power that can be created out of pent-up indignation, courage, and the inspiration of a common cause, and that if enough people…
- The courtroom is one instance of the fact that while our society may be liberal and democratic in some large and vague sense, its moving…
- The strike, the boycott, the refusal to serve, the ability to paralyze the functioning of a complex social structure-these remain potent weapons against the most…
More Power Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle
- The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. — Aristotle
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way… — Aristotle
- The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo