Top 51 Quotes by Norman Finkelstein

About Norman Finkelstein

These are some quotes by American author Norman Finkelstein Educator, who was born on December 8, 1953.

No doubt one can, in light of further study and life experience, come to repudiate past convictions.

No doubt one can, in light of further study and life experience, come to repudiate past convictions.

Norman Finkelstein

International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence.

International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence.

Norman Finkelstein

The real goal of politics has to be getting people to act on what they already know was wrong.

The real goal of politics has to be getting people to act on what they already know was wrong.

Norman Finkelstein

When I was a young man, my mother said to me, 'You can't be a communist without being a militant atheist.' So I had to be a militant atheist because I wanted to be a communist.

When I was a young man, my mother said to me, 'You can't be a communist without being a militant atheist.' So I had to be a militant atheist because I wanted to be a communist.

Norman Finkelstein

You know, frankly speaking, money just doesn't figure largely in my world view.

You know, frankly speaking, money just doesn't figure largely in my world view.

Norman Finkelstein

Why should Americans go on with their lives as normal, worrying about calories and hair loss, while other people are worrying about where they are going to get their next piece of bread?

Why should Americans go on with their lives as normal, worrying about calories and hair loss, while other people are worrying about where they are going to get their next piece of bread?

Norman Finkelstein

People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their country from invaders who are destroying their country.

People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their country from invaders who are destroying their country.

Norman Finkelstein

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

Norman Finkelstein

Teaching is in my bones. I love to teach.

Teaching is in my bones. I love to teach.

Norman Finkelstein

I had been a Maoist, and then when the Gang of Four was overthrown, I was completely distraught. I was bedridden for three weeks; it was a very painful experience for me. Not only because I had been wrong, but because I felt really embarrassed that I had been lecturing and pontificating with such self-confidence.

Norman Finkelstein

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