Public Disorder Quotes

They formed up in marching order, whilst at their lead rushed a man … shouting wildly, ‘Fall in and follow me’ …. As the crowd continued to advance an order was given: ‘Draw-Ready-Charge!’ Men in the crowd went down like ninepins, and the rest fled helter skelter. Constables wearing bandoliers filled with bullets and with rifles at the ready were jumping out of caged cars…. Batons were useless and the police were compelled to fire.

I wouldn't have expected an audience of ours to burn down our equipment.

I will not allow continued planned street violence between rival factions to take place on the streets of Portland.

What impressed me particularly in Vienna was the strict order everywhere. No mob disturbances of any kind, in spite of the greatly increased liberty and relaxation of police regulations.

We are blessed to not have violence at our shows. People come to our shows and act a clown. When you do music, you have no control who comes to your shows. I'm sure they have fights at Miley Cyrus shows.

No tempest or conflagration, however great, is harder to quell than mob carried away by the novelty of power.

Whatever brawls disturb the street, There should be peace at home.

Riots born out of political issues aren't the same as those born out of personal greed.

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

The Militia have refused to turn out when there has been the greatest want of their Assistance.

If anything pass in a religious meeting seditiously and contrary to the public peace, let it be punished in the same manner and no otherwise than as if it had happened in a fair or market.

The mob became unruly and the police were forced to resort to sex.

The commotions that have taken place in America, as far as they are yet known to me, offer nothing threatening. They are a proof that the people have liberty enough, and I could not wish them less than they have. If the happiness of the mass of the people can be secured at the expense of a little tempest now and then, or even of a little blood, it will be a precious purchase.

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

People do not have the right to stir up riots and racial hatred, encourage mass hysteria or heap abuse on religion any more than they do to rob, rape, cheat or kill.

Any government is concerned whenever you have public demonstrations in large measure.

I was fascinated by what happens when government institutions fail and citizens take the law into their own hands.

Rioting definitely brings attention to the situation at hand.

We paid a big price for not stopping it -- that is the looting and the security -- because it established an atmosphere of lawlessness. We never had enough troops on the ground

This is an unlawful march. It will not be allowed to continue…. Troopers Advance!

A general dissatisfaction unhappily prevailed among several of the lower orders of the people. This ill temper, which was partly occasioned by the high price of provisions ... too frequently manifested itself in acts of tumult and riot ...

If you turn a blind eye to fare evasion, if you accustom people to getting away with minor crime, you are making it more likely that they will go on to commit more serious crimes. That is why we have so much disorder in London. It is a disgrace.

Betting shops have a big impact on encouraging on-street drinking and can often become a centre for disorder and anti-social behaviour.

Everyone has this sense of togetherness right now. For example, one guy on the subway today, he wanted to share my pants.

Rioting has always been a London tradition. It has been since the early Middle Ages. There's hardly a spate of years that goes by without violent rioting of one kind or another. They happen so frequently that they are almost part of London's texture.