Top 100 James W. Loewen Quotes (2024 Update)
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James W. Loewen Quote: “The victors of the Civil War executed but one Confederate officeholder, Henry Wirz, notorious commandant of Andersonville prison, while the losers murdered hundreds of officeholders and other Unionists, white and black.”

101. “The victors of the Civil War executed but one Confederate officeholder, Henry Wirz, notorious commandant of Andersonville prison, while the losers murdered hundreds of officeholders and other Unionists, white and black.”

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James W. Loewen Quote: “Saving the Union had never been Lincoln’s sole concern, as shown by his 1860 rejection of the eleventh-hour Crittenden Compromise, a constitutional amendment intended to preserve the Union by preserving slavery forever.”

102. “Saving the Union had never been Lincoln’s sole concern, as shown by his 1860 rejection of the eleventh-hour Crittenden Compromise, a constitutional amendment intended to preserve the Union by preserving slavery forever.”

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James W. Loewen Quote: “We cannot erase what we have done, and to alter our future behavior may not be in our interest. To change our attitude is easier.”

103. “We cannot erase what we have done, and to alter our future behavior may not be in our interest. To change our attitude is easier.”

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James W. Loewen Quote: “He ended his description of them with these menacing words: “I could conquer the whole of them with fifty men and govern them as I pleased.”

104. “He ended his description of them with these menacing words: “I could conquer the whole of them with fifty men and govern them as I pleased.”

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James W. Loewen Quote: “Native Americans are not and must not be props in a sort of theme park of the past, where we go to have a good time and see exotic cultures.”

105. “Native Americans are not and must not be props in a sort of theme park of the past, where we go to have a good time and see exotic cultures.”

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James W. Loewen Quote: “As part of the process of heroification, textbook authors treat America itself as a hero, indeed as the hero of their books, so they remove its warts. Even to report the facts of income and wealth distribution might seem critical of America the hero, for it is difficult to come up with a theory of social justice that can explain why 1 percent of the population controls almost 40 percent of the wealth.”

106. “As part of the process of heroification, textbook authors treat America itself as a hero, indeed as the hero of their books, so they remove its warts. Even to report the facts of income and wealth distribution might seem critical of America the hero, for it is difficult to come up with a theory of social justice that can explain why 1 percent of the population controls almost 40 percent of the wealth.”

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James W. Loewen Quote: “This is part of a pattern in our textbooks: anything bad in America history happened anonymously.”

107. “This is part of a pattern in our textbooks: anything bad in America history happened anonymously.”

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James W. Loewen Quote: “Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload them. – ANATOLE FRANCE.”

108. “Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload them. – ANATOLE FRANCE.”

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James W. Loewen Quote: “Textbooks need to offer the sociological definition of segregation: a system of racial etiquette that keeps the oppressed group separate from the oppressor when both are doing equal tasks, like learning the multiplication tables, but allows intimate closeness when the tasks are hierarchical, like cooking or cleaning for white employers.”

109. “Textbooks need to offer the sociological definition of segregation: a system of racial etiquette that keeps the oppressed group separate from the oppressor when both are doing equal tasks, like learning the multiplication tables, but allows intimate closeness when the tasks are hierarchical, like cooking or cleaning for white employers.”

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James W. Loewen Quote: “Monuments look static – carved in stone and all – but their meanings change as the present changes and as people enact new rituals at them.”

110. “Monuments look static – carved in stone and all – but their meanings change as the present changes and as people enact new rituals at them.”

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James W. Loewen Quote: “The authors make no connection between the failure of the United States to guarantee black civil rights in 1877 and the need for a civil rights movement a century later. Nothing ever causes anything. Things just happen.”

111. “The authors make no connection between the failure of the United States to guarantee black civil rights in 1877 and the need for a civil rights movement a century later. Nothing ever causes anything. Things just happen.”

— James W. Loewen

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