The democratic principle, enunciated in the words of the Declaration of Independence, declared that government was secondary, that the people who established it were primary. Thus, the future of democracy depended on the people, and their growing consciousness of what was the decent way to relate to their fellow human beings all over the world.
("A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present")
More Quotes from Howard Zinn:
When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war.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 as it wants without taking a look at what they're doing. I'm concerned that students not become passive acceptors of the official doctrine that's handed down to them from the White House, the media, textbooks, teachers and preachers.
Howard Zinn
Control in modern times requires more than force, more than law. It requires that a population dangerously concentrated in cities and factories, whose lives are filled with cause for rebellion, be taught that all is right as it is.
Howard Zinn
War itself is the enemy of the human race.
Howard Zinn
Tyranny is Tyranny, let it come from whom it may.
Howard Zinn
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
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Democracy Quotes, Future Quotes, Government Quotes, Liberty & Freedom Quotes, People Quotes, Principle Quotes, World QuotesBased on Keywords: enunciated
I'm big and a lot of the stars are smaller so if you're big and mean looking, you play bad guys. After Blade Runner, I was the meanest guy in Hollywood.
Brion James
Yet while on my trip to the Middle East, the London bombings occurred. This was yet another stark reminder that if we don't fight terrorists abroad, they just get closer to our home.
Kenny Marchant
This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say.
Brenda Ueland