The meaning ... of a writer will be found not just in what he intends to say, or what he does literally say, but in the effect of his writing on living beings.
Howard ZinnMemorial Day should be a day for putting flowers on graves and planting trees. Also, for destroying the weapons of death that endanger us more than they protect us, that waste our resources and threaten our children and grandchildren.
Howard ZinnThe power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured.
Howard Zinn