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185 Riot quotes by 159 unique authors

We'd all survive if Twitter shut down for a short while during major riots. Social media isn't any more important than a train station, a… — Louise Mensch
Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot. — Debbie Allen
For a startling period of my life, I reported the Troubles in Ireland for the BBC. I lived in Dublin and was called out to… — Frank Delaney
Children say they are unhappy in every language they have. They say it in silence, and they say it in riots. — Jay Griffiths
I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective of those who… — Linton Kwesi Johnson
There were times when there were riots in Africa, demonstrations against the IMF because of the policy advice they were giving, the conditionalities they were… — Jakaya Kikwete
We shouldn't need riot police at schools. — Noel Gallagher
It is still your work or role that finally gives you your definition in our society, and the thousands upon thousands of people who I… — Seymour Krim
Methinks I am a prophet new inspired And thus, expiring, do foretell of him: His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last, For violent fires… — William Shakespeare
As a matter of fact student riots of one sort or another, protests against the order that is, kicks against college and university management indicate… — William Allen White
On the correctly formed pubescent girl, a Speedo looked wonderful. When it was wet, it was an incitement to riot. — Clive James
The NAACP should have riot rehearsals. — Rush Limbaugh
Mother went off for three days to New York and Mame and Quentin took instant advantage of her absence to fall sick. Quentin's sickness was… — Theodore Roosevelt
The poor suffer twice at the rioter's hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Shutting down governments on your computer is just as much as fun as going to a riot at Yale. — John Waters
And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I feel that non-violence is really the only way that we can follow because violence is just so self-defeating. A riot ends up creating many… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Where and when have riots and anarchy been provoked by wise measures? If the government had acted wisely, and if their measures had met the… — Vladimir Lenin
It is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without,… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The only riot I’m okay with is a zoot suit riot. — Julie Klausner
I don't think the riots derailed the civil rights movement. — Henry Louis Gates
The thing about playing percussion is that you can create all these emotions that can be sometimes beautiful, sometimes really ugly, or sometimes sweet, sometimes… — Evelyn Glennie
You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You have to make the means of legal redress available. — Harold H. Greene
I'd like to cause a little riot in skating. — Sasha Cohen
If a university official's letter accusing a speaker of having a proclivity to commit speech crimes before she's given the speech - which then leads… — Ann Coulter

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