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Some Quotes by Howard Zinn
- I have come to believe that our lives can be turned in a different direction, our minds adopt a different way of thinking, by some…
- War is terrorism ... Terrorism is the willingness to kill large numbers of people for some presumably good cause. That's what terrorists are about.
- 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 so…
- We cannot be secure by limiting our liberties, as some of our political leaders are demanding, but only by expanding themWe should take our example…
- Objectivity is impossible and it is also undesirable. That is, if it were possible it would be undesirable, because if you have any kind of…
- The historian's distortion is more than technical, it is ideological; it is released into a world of contending interest, where any chosen emphasis supports some…
- To be hopeful in bad times is based on the fact that human history is not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage,…
- I think people are dazzled by Obama's rhetoric, and that people ought to begin to understand that Obama is going to be a mediocre president…
- Being fired has some of the advantages of dying without its supreme disadvantages. People say extra-nice things about you, and you get to hear them.
- I see this as the central issue of our time: how to find a substitute for war in human ingenuity, imagination, courage, sacrifice, patience... War…
- That chain of relationships made me think of how connections are made--you read a book, you meet a person, you have a single experience, and…
- 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…
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- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- We have some material on spying by a major government on the tech industry. Industrial espionage. — Julian Assange
- I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come… — Paul Auster
- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
- I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the… — Richard Armitage
- What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided… — Billie Joe Armstrong
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