Riots Quotes

76 Riots quotes by 64 unique authors

Let us say boldly, that if the total slum violations of law by the white man over the years were calculated and compared with the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When the American people saw the LA riots and crowds of Blacks cheering O.J. Simpson (who was acquitted by the almost all Black jury), they… — David Duke
Some writers like to boil down headlines of liberal newspapers into fiction, so they say there shouldn't be communal riots, everybody should love each other,… — Arundhati Roy
They [the police] learned something from them Harlem riots. They used to beat your head right in public, but now they only beat it after… — Langston Hughes
I am guilty of believing that the human race can be humanized and enriched in every spiritual inference through the saner and more beneficent processes… — Eugene V. Debs
Rage' is the word that most often attaches itself to the Tea Party movement, and it's true that, from the outside looking in, their public… — Jonathan Raban
The cause of the riots were the rioters — Dan Quayle
It's easy to forget history or give it a cliff notes. The cliff notes of history. But mainly, so much of what happens in 'Eyes… — Tate Taylor
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
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
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
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.
I don't think the riots derailed the civil rights movement. — Henry Louis Gates
I don't cause riots, but I do cause confusion. People freeze when they spot me. — Tom Hanks
The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters. — Rush Limbaugh
When the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century brought a rapid increase in wealth, the demand of workers for a fair share of the wealth… — John Boyd Orr
When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple:… — Dan Quayle
I don't know what goes on in the crowd. I've had them show up and throw beer cans at me. I caused riots in most… — Lou Reed
Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots. — Jessica Savitch
Certainly my inner world will never be a peaceful place of bloom; it will have some peace, and occasional riots of bloom, but always a… — James Tiptree Jr.

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