I love and miss Howard Zinn. Gratefully, his fierce and
courageous wisdom and love live on. ❤ Molly
To
be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on
the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also
of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize
in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the
worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those
times and places -- and there are so many -- where people have behaved
magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the
possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different
direction. And if we do act, in however a small way, we don't have to
wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession
of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in
defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.
- Howard Zinn
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