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Howard Zinn

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Quotes from the American historian, activist, academic - Howard Zinn 1922-2010

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"When one voice speaks out against the conventional wisdom & is recognized as speaking truth people are drawn out of their previous silence"

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"It is only necessary to remember the unremembered heroes of the past and to look around us for the unnoticed heroes of the present."

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"Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens."

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"We cannot depend on the governments of the world to abolish war, because they & the economic interests they represent benefit from war".

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"Even when we don't 'win' there is fun & fulfillment in the fact we have been involved with other good people in something worthwhile."

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"...to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."

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"Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can quietly become a power no gov't can suppress, a power than can transform the world."

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"To live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."

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"Our history runs deep with the stories of people who stand up, speak out, dig in, organize, connect, resist & alter the course of history."

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"A dangerous book will always be in danger from those it threatens with the demand that they question their assumptions." Ursula K. Le Guin x.com/melvillehouse/…