Howard Zinn Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Howard Zinn quotes, Howard Zinn sayings, and Howard Zinn proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people for a purpose which is unattainable. Howard Zinn
But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is to tell the truth. Howard Zinn
Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens. Howard Zinn
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people. Howard Zinn
If you want to end terrorism, you have to stop being terrorists Howard Zinn
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
Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act. Howard Zinn
To ward off alienation and gloom, it is only necessary to remember the unremembered heroes of the past, and to look around us for the unnoticed heroes of the present. Howard Zinn
I am supposing, or perhaps only hoping, that our future may be found in the past's fugitive moments of compassion rather than in its solid centuries of warfare. Howard Zinn
It must surely be a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit that even a small number of those men and women in the hell of the prison system survive it and hold on to their humanity. Howard Zinn
Capitalism has always been a failure for the lower classes. It is now beginning to fail for the middle classes. Howard Zinn
Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it. Howard Zinn
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people. Howard Zinn
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, coming together at critical points to create a power that governments cannot suppress. Howard Zinn
Let us in the name of the Holy Trinity go on sending all the slaves that can be sold. Howard Zinn
Civil disobedience is not something outside the realm of democracy. Democracy requires civil disobedience. Without civil disobedience democracy does not exist. Howard Zinn
When the United States fought in Vietnam, it was organized modern technology versus organized human beings, and the human beings won. Howard Zinn
Capitalism has always been a failure for the lower classes. It is now beginning to fail for the middle classes. Howard Zinn