TOP 20 Howard Zinn Quotes

TOP 20 Howard Zinn Quotes.

“You can’t be neutral on a moving train.”
— Howard Zinn (00:00)

“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”
— Howard Zinn (00:07)

“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”
— Howard Zinn (00:14)

“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.”
— Howard Zinn (00:21)

“Historically, the most terrible things – war, genocide, and slavery – have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.”
— Howard Zinn (00:28)

“If you join a fight for social justice you may win or lose, but just by being part of the struggle, you win, and your life will be better for it.”
— Howard Zinn (00:35)

“We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.”
— Howard Zinn (00:42)

“The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”
— Howard Zinn (00:49)

“Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience.”
— Howard Zinn (00:56)

“Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.”
— Howard Zinn (01:03)

“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 in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on it.”
— Howard Zinn (01:10)

“Education becomes most rich and alive when it confronts the reality of moral conflict in the world.”
— Howard Zinn (01:17)

“How can you have a war on terrorism when war itself is terrorism?”
— Howard Zinn (01:24)

“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, tyranny and oppression without killing huge numbers of people.”
— Howard Zinn (01:31)

“We all have an enormous responsibility to bring to the attention of others information they do not have, which has the potential of causing them to rethink long-held ideas.”
— Howard Zinn (01:38)

“The only way things will happen is if people get over the notion that they must see immediate success. If they get over that notion and persist, then they will see things happen before they even realize it.”
— Howard Zinn (01:45)

“Education can, and should be, dangerous.”
— Howard Zinn (01:52)

“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 a way as to shake up not only the self-assurance of their enemies, but the complacency of their friends, are precious catalysts for change.”
— Howard Zinn (01:59)

“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. It allocates wealth and poverty in such calculated and indirect ways as to leave the victim bewildered.”
— Howard Zinn (02:06)

“Civil disobedience is not something outside the realm of democracy. Democracy requires civil disobedience. Without civil disobedience democracy does not exist.”
— Howard Zinn (02:13)

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