4th of July: Quotes from Howard Zinn

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



“We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children”


“Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane.”


“In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli.”


“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”