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

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Source : Howard Zinn (2011). “The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy”, p.410, Seven Stories Press

Howard Zinn

#Peace Quotes #War Quotes #Slavery Quotes

“The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age”
“I couldn't imagine being a girl. The bullshit routine they had to go through just to get out the door consumed half of their lives.”

Source : Jamie McGuire (2013). “Walking Disaster: A Novel”, p.58, Simon and Schuster
“Hemingway was really early. I probably started reading him when I was just eleven or twelve. There was just something magnetic to me in the arrangement of those sentences. Because they were so simple - or rather they appeared to be so simple, but they weren't.”
“I think we need to grow in our self-assurance that is not scared of being challenged, that the truth we uphold can stand up to the closest possible scrutiny.”
“Enemies gifts are no gifts and do no good.”
“Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you are higher. So, you have to fulfill those expectations. Or, try to exceed those expectations. But, it becomes more difficult as time goes on.”
“I don't know anywhere where the people are hungrier for education than South Sudan.”
“Even the loveliest dream bears like a blemish its difference from reality, the awareness that what it grants is mere illusion.”

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