Howard Zinn Quotes

Howard Zinn — American Historian born on August 24, 1922, died on January 27, 2010

Howard Zinn was an American historian, playwright, and social activist. He was a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more than twenty books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States. In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, A Young People′s History of the United States... (wikipedia)

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.

When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war.

Most wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian endeavors to help people.

War itself is the enemy of the human race.