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Riots3 quotes
A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1967Who knows when some slight shock, disturbing the delicate balance between social order and thirsty aspiration, shall send the skyscrapers in our cities toppling? — Richard Wright · 1940As for rioting, the old Roman way of dealing with that is always the right one; flog the rank and file, and fling the ringleaders from the Tarpeian rock. — Matthew Arnold · 1869Civil disorder1 quote
Who knows when some slight shock, disturbing the delicate balance between social order and thirsty aspiration, shall send the skyscrapers in our cities toppling? — Richard Wright · 1940Law and order1 quote
As for rioting, the old Roman way of dealing with that is always the right one; flog the rank and file, and fling the ringleaders from the Tarpeian rock. — Matthew Arnold · 1869Political unrest1 quote
A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1967Politics1 quote
A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1967