Quotes by Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States

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Before God and high heaven, is there a law for one man which is not a law for every other man? — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
What struck me as I began to study history was how nationalist fervor--inculcated from childhood on by pledges of allegi — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
I knew that a historian (or a journalist, or anyone telling a story) was forced to choose, out of an infinite number of — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
Tyranny is Tyranny, let it come from whom it may. — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
My viewpoint, in telling the history of the United States, is different: that we must not accept the memory of states as — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
Some of the New York Radical Women shortly afterward formed WITCH (Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell) — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
Control in modern times requires more than force, more than law. It requires that a population dangerously concentrated — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
In his book The African Slave Trade, Basil Davidson contrasts law and in the Congo in the early 16th century with law in — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
Slavery was immensely profitable to some masters. James Madison told a British visitor shortly after the American Revolu — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
The cry of the poor is is not always just, but if you don't listen to it, you will never know what justice is. — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
How skillful to tax the middle class to pay for the relief of the poor, building resentment on top of humiliation! How a — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
In the problem of women was the germ of a solution, not only for their oppression, but for everybody's. The control of w — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
The American system is the most ingenious system of control in world history. With a country so rich in natural resource — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
The Constitution. . . illustrates the complexity of the American system: that it serves the interests of a wealthy elite — Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States