When I say history is a matter of life and death, I mean this: If you really don't know history, you are a victim of whatever the authorities tell yo…

- Howard Zinn

I’m worried that students will take their obedient place in society and look to become successful cogs in the wheel - let the wheel spin them around …

- Howard Zinn

Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

- Howard Zinn

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 tran…

- Howard Zinn

Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of lead…

- Howard Zinn

Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.

- Howard Zinn

They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win.

- Howard Zinn

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, kindness. If w…

- Howard Zinn

But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.

- Howard Zinn