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War is terrorism, magnified a hundred times.
Howard Zinn
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Howard Zinn
Age: 87 †
Born: 1922
Born: August 24
Died: 2010
Died: January 27
Film Director
Historian
Historian Of The Modern Age
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Labor Historian
Pacifist
Peace Activist
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Let us in the name of the Holy Trinity go on sending all the slaves that can be sold.
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