German prisoners of war
captured in the Battle of Pashendale 1917
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 small a 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
1922 - 2010
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