Friday, May 25, 2007

Are We Politicians or Citizens?

Howard Zinn:
"...When a social movement adopts the compromises of legislators, it has forgotten its role, which is to push and challenge the politicians, not to fall in meekly behind them.

We who protest the war are not politicians. We are citizens. Whatever politicians may do, let them first feel the full force of citizens who speak for what is right, not for what is winnable, in a shamefully timorous Congress...."
Reset your moral compass: Read the whole article.

Photo Credit: Howard Zinn at home. (Wikipedia)

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