Blame Quote by Dan Quayle

Who's responsible for the riots? The rioters!

— Dan Quayle

The cause of the riots were the rioters

— Dan Quayle

When the riots happened in L.A., they didn't go to Beverly Hills to trash Rodeo Drive. They trashed their own neighborhoods. It's one of…

— Samuel L. Jackson

Victims of the violence are black and white, rich and poor, young and old, famous and unknown. They are most important of all, human…

— Robert Kennedy

We had a lot of riots. We came under attack from many of the police departments. It certainly wasn't some publicity thing. I was…

— Greg Ginn

The government is responsible for the violence, as long as they don't stop it. And if we have to get violent to protect ourselves,…

— Malcolm X

You can't blame a victim for being under the influence when there is a violent act [happening to them]. These are two separate things.

— Jon Shenk

It's not blaming the victim. It's not anybody's fault. They just did something that didn't work, that's all.

— Kary Mullis

The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters.

— Rush Limbaugh

“The Watts riot in Los Angeles in 1965 was a classic example of this new alignment. A whole community turned on the police with…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“Let's not forget Chicago. There have been tons of attacks on Chicago Transit Authority buses and trains. The head of the CTA said riders…

— Colin Flaherty

Before the L.A. riots, I'd only heard of the original Watts riots. But I'd also seen violence like that close up, but in smaller…

— DJ Yella