Authority Quote by George Washington

The tumultuous populace of large cities are ever to be dreaded.

— George Washington

In the city, a lot of crime happens, a lot of violence happens from time to time,

— Victor Cruz

When you want to take over a city, you have to destroy the illusion of safety it provides. You have to hit the large…

— Ilona Andrews

Cities are drivers of growth and wealth, and at the same time, cities are becoming increasingly violent.

— Peter Maurer

(The city is being) destroyed by thugs who in a very senseless way are trying to tear down what so many have fought for,…

— Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

“The arrogance of wealth and the dejection of wretchedness, capital cities of unwonted extent, a lax morality, a vulgar egotism, and a great confusion…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

In cities men cannot be prevented from concerting together, and from awakening a mutual excitement which prompts sudden and passionate resolutions. Cities may be…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

We cannot afford merely to sit down and deplore the evils of city life as inevitable, when cities are constantly growing, both absolutely and…

— Theodore Roosevelt

There is the emergence of a militarized society that now organizes itself for the production of violence. A society in which the range of…

— Henry Giroux

“When men in power decide that things need to be rebalanced at any cost, the violence is never brief and never really directed solely…

— Dean Koontz

To dislocate the functioning of a city without destroying it can be more effective than a riot because it can be longer-lasting, costly to…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“If you don’t take care of the disenfranchised and outcasts of your city, they will come knocking on your door one day with revenge…

— Sunday Adelaja