Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Howard Zinn Quotes: If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates.
         

If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates.


Howard Zinn
Check all other quotes by Howard Zinn

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Howard Zinn Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 05 May. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/If-the-gods-had-intended-for-people-660019>.





Check out


Other quotes of Howard Zinn


We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.



Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.



But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power.

But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power.



But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.

But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.



Education can, and should be, dangerous.

Education can, and should be, dangerous.



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

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



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

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



Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.



They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win.

They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win.



The problem in this world is not civil disobedience...th e problem in this world is civil obedience.

The problem in this world is not civil disobedience...th e problem in this world is civil obedience.





Other quotes you may like


Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field.I'll meet you there.When the soul lies down in that grassthe world is too full to talk about.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field.I'll meet you there.When the soul lies down in that grassthe world is too full to talk about.



The true measure of all our actions is how long the good in them lasts.

The true measure of all our actions is how long the good in them lasts.




The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.

The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.



I'll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.

I'll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.



During my medical education at the University of Basle I found vivisection horrible, barbarous and above all unnecessary

During my medical education at the University of Basle I found vivisection horrible, barbarous and above all unnecessary



I had to Derrick Rose the knee up before I got the re-up

I had to Derrick Rose the knee up before I got the re-up



The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths - they haven't any.

The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths - they haven't any.



Don't forgive and never forget; Do unto others before they do unto you; and third and most importantly, keep your eye on your friends, because your enemies will take care of themselves!

Don't forgive and never forget; Do unto others before they do unto you; and third and most importantly, keep your eye on your friends, because your enemies will take care of themselves!



Upon him the contempt of three planets descended.

Upon him the contempt of three planets descended.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates.". Author of this quote is Howard Zinn. This quote is about vote, people, candidates, given,.