Riots Quotes
76 quotes by 64 authors
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There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse.
— Bob Cousy
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While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do. Too often, the…
— Barack Obama
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I expect to see trade wars, foreign policy disasters, a few race riots, a decrease in personal liberty, higher taxes, higher inflation and probably, economic…
— Charley Reese
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If our colleges and universities do not breed men who riot, who rebel, who attack life with all the youthful vim and vigor, then there…
— William Allen White
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Hollywood and Disneyland are the legacy of Europe's cultural imperialism. We gave them nursery rhymes and they gave back film. Televised riots are as American…
— Richey Edwards
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My mother got sick when I was rich. And my mother, you know … I don’t really want to get into it, but my mother…
— Chris Rock
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Why should the wealth of the country be stored in banks and elevators while the idle workman wanders homeless about the streets and the idle…
— Samuel Gompers
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The more riots that come out of our college campuses, the better the world for tomorrow.
— William Allen White
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Short of nuclear war itself, population growth is the gravest issue the world faces. If we do not act, the problem will be solved by…
— Robert McNamara
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I wouldn't attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was a student at the Sorbonne in Paris, I used to…
— John Foster Dulles
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I think acceptance of human rights is going to progress from one day to the next. I don't think there's going to be any violent…
— Erskine Caldwell
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The most dangerous thing about student riots is that adults take them seriously.
— Georges Pompidou
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The more there are riots, the more repressive actin will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Riots are the voices of the unheard.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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We, the American people, clearly see the daunting forces we will undoubtedly face: terrorists, crime, drug gangs, the possibility of Euro-style debt riots, civil unrest…
— Wayne LaPierre
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They say people can think for themselves? Do you honestly believe that the chap who can’t pass primary six knows the consequence of his choice…
— Lee Kuan Yew
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The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history thats least studied by historians is…
— Tom Hayden
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How many of y'all wondered, like I did, during the LA riots when those people were being pulled out of their trucks and beaten half…
— Bill Hicks
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Now we are intimately locked together. You get swine flu in Mexico; it’s a problem for Charles de Gaulle Airport 24 hours later. Lehman Brothers…
— Paddy Ashdown
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I was this kid who never sat down. Nobody liked me? Well, I'd make sure they'd like me. I was the class clown, always doing…
— Bas Rutten
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