Richard Edelman Quotes

After the first International Days of Protest in October, 1965, Senator Mansfield criticized the 'sense of utter irresponsibility' shown by the demonstrators.

Listen, 'The Purge' actually exists in some form or another in many places around the world when you think about it.

If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.

I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots.

I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.

Panamanians live in a chronic state of insurrection and violence.

What began as a political protest turned into a class war and a racial pogrom.

This don't go here. [A major riot ensued.]

The fires of discord are busy in every city. Redress is sought in the street, in demonstrations, parades and protests which create tensions and threaten violence. We face, therefore, a moral crisis as a country and as a people.

Politics for me started in violence.

I remember being in Washington for high school when the city was on fire and those were troubling times, the Vietnam War, the protests.

I am the people, I'm not the pig. You got to make a distinction. And the people are going to have to attack the pigs. The people are going to have to stand up against the pigs. That's what the Panthers is doing, that's what the Panthers are doing all over the world.

There is no chance of a revolution in Georgia.

So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.

A riot is the language of the unheard.

You have to understand the Newark Riots - a lot of people understand that the pain was the initial explosion of anger and alienation, but after that, the response, sending the National Guard troops - a lot of violence was carried out and perpetrated by those who were allegedly coming here to protect residents.

'Occupy' is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness. These clowns can do nothing but harm America.

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 afraid for many years. We couldn't play in LA for many years. A lot of people got very cynical.

The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.

Riot is the voice of the unheard.

America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.

Unrest has its reasons.

To pass a big idea in this town. You almost need social unrest

I can’t stand it anymore. I can’t stand what’s happening to this country.

I have one more problem for your computer. How long will take five hundred thousand angry Americans to climb that White House wall out there and lynch their President if he does something like that?