Skip to content

Behinds Quote by Howard Zinn

“When a social movement adopts the compromises of legislators, it has forgotten its role, which is to push and challenge the politicians, not fall in meekly behind them. We who protest...are not politicians. We are citizens. Whatever politicians may do, let them first feel the full force of…” quote by Howard Zinn
Download Open image
“When a social movement adopts the compromises of legislators, it has forgotten its role, which is to push and challenge the politicians, not fall in meekly behind them. We who protest...are not politicians. We are citizens. Whatever politicians may do, let them first feel the full force of citizens who speak for what is right, not for what is winnable, in a shamefully timorous Congress.”

Howard Zinn

4.8 out of 5 (7 ratings)

More by Howard Zinn

Explore all 461 Howard Zinn quotes

More Behinds quotes

Browse all 6,789 Behinds quotes