The chief problem in historical honesty is not outright lying. It is omission or de-emphasis of important data. The definition of 'important', of course, depends on one's values.

War is terrorism ... Terrorism is the willingness to kill large numbers of people for some presumably good cause. That's what terrorists are about.

It was an old lesson learned by governments: that war solves problems of control.

Tyranny is Tyranny, let it come from whom it may.

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.

I wanted to be a part of history and not just a recorder and teacher of history. So that kind of attitude towards history, history itself as a political act, has always informed my writing and my teaching.

Democracy depends on people speaking out, and in times of great crisis, on people creating a commotion.