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Riot Quotes

Ambrose Bierce quote: "Riot? A popular entertainment given to the military by..."
Riot? A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders. Ambrose Bierce
Riots and comedy are but symptoms of the times, profoundly revealing. They betray the psychological tone, the deep uncertainties....and the striving for something better, plus the fear that nothing would come of it all. Frank Herbert
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 road or a bus service. We don't worry about police temporarily closing those. Common sense. If riot info and fear is spreading by Facebook and Twitter, shut them off for an hour or two, then restore. Louise Mensch
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 go out and riot occasionally. John Foster Dulles
John McCarthy quote: "Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological..."
Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions. John McCarthy
Rush Limbaugh quote: "The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King..."
The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters. Rush Limbaugh
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 it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility. Martin Luther King jr.
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: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame. Dan Quayle
Paddy Ashdown quote: "I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were..."
I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots. Paddy Ashdown
James Joyce quote: "The barometer of his emotional nature was set for a spell of..."
The barometer of his emotional nature was set for a spell of riot. James Joyce
But the forces of evil have not abdicated. The malevolent ghosts of hatred are resurgent with a fury and a boldness that are as astounding as they are nauseating: ethnic conflicts, religious riots, anti-Semitic incidents here, there, and everywhere. What is wrong with these morally degenerate people that they abuse their freedom, so recently won? Elie Wiesel
I laid my hand on top of theirs, and all I could think was, Is this how revolutions begin? Not with a proclamation or a riot, but with a few people in a room somewhere with their hands clasped and a purpose. Laurell K. Hamilton
I loved county fairs in the South. It was hard to believe that anything could be so consistently cheap and showy and vulgar year after year. each year I thought that at least one class act would force its way into a booth or sideshow, but I was always mistaken. The lure of the fair was the perfect harmony of its joyous decadence, its burned-out dishonored vulgarity, its riot of colors and smells, its jangling, tawdry music, and its wicked glimpse into the outlaw life of hucksters, tattoo... Pat Conroy
Audre Lorde quote: "The learning process is something you can incite, literally..."
The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot. Audre Lorde
I realized these were all the snapshots which our children would look at someday with wonder, thinking their parents had lived smooth, well-ordered lives and got up in the morning to walk proudly on the sidewalks of life, never dreaming the raggedy madness and riot of our actual lives, our actual night, the hell of it, the senseless emptiness. Jack Kerouac

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