They didn't give their lives for their country! their lives were taken from them by their government.
Howard ZinnControl 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 ZinnBeing fired has some of the advantages of dying without its supreme disadvantages. People say extra-nice things about you, and you get to hear them.
Howard Zinn