"In the long run, the oppressor is also a victim. In the short run (and so far, human history has consisted only of short runs), the victims, themselves desperate and tainted with the culture that oppresses them, turn on other victims."
— Howard Zinn
Other than Chomsky, Howard is one of my other favorite intellectual.
ReplyDeleteWhat appropriate words for what is happening in Palestine.
Hitesh:
ReplyDeleteI used the quote for what's happening in India, not Palestine!