Rudy Giuliani Quotes

The kind of violence, looting, destruction that we saw from a handful of individuals in Baltimore, there's no excuse for that. That's not a statement. That's not politics. That's not activism. That's just criminal behavior.

The world is in such a place of social unrest and there's so much violence.

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.

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

Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.

Panamanians live in a chronic state of insurrection and violence.

We shall guard as zealously the rights of the striker as those of the employer. But when riot is menaced it is different. The mob takes its own chance. Order will be kept at whatever cost. If it comes to shooting we shall shoot to hit. No blank cartridges or firing over the head.

War kills reform.

When violence strikes [riots], then those in public responsibility have an immediate ... job, not to analyze, but to end disorder.

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.

If we don't do something real soon, I think you'll have to agree that we're going to be forced either to use the ballot or the bullet. It's one or the other in 1964. It isn't that time is running out—time has run out!

We deeply deplore the recent acts of lawlessness and violence that have brought utmost disgrace to the fair name of India and the greatest misery to innocent people, irrespective of who were the aggressors and who were the victims. We denounce for all time the use of force to achieve political ends and we call upon all the communities in India, to whatever persuasion they may belong, not only to refrain from all acts of violence and disorder but also to avoid, both in speech and in writing, any incitement to such acts.

Government violence can only do one thing and that is to breed counter-violence.

Rebellions broke out, from the full-scale political revolution of Dorr’s rebellion in Rhode Island to urban violence and protest, often by out of work whites taking out their anger on African Americans or Irish Americans. In response, leaders had to come to terms with the role of force in a democracy.

If cars and buses were attacked daily by petrol bombs or stones for 16 months in Washington, could you imagine it would be tolerated? It would not, because in the name of democracy, to preserve democracy, steps would be taken.

Politics for me started in violence.

The actions I took at a time of national crisis in 2003 were necessary to protect lives and property and restore law and order. Regrettably, lives were lost among both the government forces and armed protesters.

I would certainly say that. I don't want to see riots. I don't want to see problems.

On one side the government, the other side the mob.

"This is now the twelfth day of rioting in France. They have been rioting for almost two weeks. And France has still not surrendered. That's like a record.

No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there's no future in riots.

Rioting is not revolutionary.

I don't support violence, period.

I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.