Quotes About Unrest

Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.

The structural changes of globalization and automation that has created concentrated wealth among some people who have had the right skills and the right opportunities has also created extraordinary disruption and havoc among the American middle-class.

Our people were very restive, saying that they could not sit under that notice, and that if the National Board did not call them out soon they would go out of themselves.

The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history that's least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970.

before there can be change there must be discontent.

the freedom of pandemonium

There's something very wrong with this world, and it isn't just the wars going on in Asia or the Middle East.

But given the changes that had already taken place in economic and political institutions, long-run repression was not a solution in England. The Peterloo Massacre would remain an isolated incident. Following the riot, the political institutions in England gave way to the pressure, and the destabilizing threat of much wider social unrest

On the outside, I appeared in grand shape that season. I was young and in love with a fabulous girl, hanging out at a beautiful, hip spot with true friends. But inside things were fraying and beginning to fragment. A seed of unrest lay behind my smile.

When Sartre wrote "Paris Under the Occupation," the dead were still being mourned while the fate of prisoners of war and the deported remained unknown. Shortages of food and raw materials, a crippled transportation system, rampant inflation, and a thriving black market were sources of great unrest. Months before the Liberation, the settling of scores had begun.

But of course, there's no rest for the wicked, which I certainly am; as I said, no rest for the wicked.

Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.

Are you worn-out from engaging in the exhausting pursuit of happiness? You will continue to experience unrest in your soul until Jesus becomes your primary pursuit.

Advertising has done more to cause the social unrest of the 20th century than any other single factor.

scuffle, police in riot

You were in Sweden? Boomer asked. No, I said. The trip got called off at the last minute. Because of political the unrest In Sweden? Priya seemed skeptical. Yeah-isn't it strange how the Times isn't covering it? Half the country's on strike because of that thing the crown prince said about Pippi Longstocking Which means no meatballs for Christmas, if you know what I mean. That's so sad! Boomer said.

I was the only guy with any bit of anarchy left.

There it is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.

Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom .... These are the beginnings of sorrows.

Arnold was very clever," she said at last. "He saw how unsettled the world was—everything slipping downhill. He was sure there was going to be another war. Sometimes I almost feel glad he didn't live to see it. He said things were going from bad to worse and he was quite right, of course . . . but it doesn't help to be miserable; it doesn't make things right to keep on grieving over them. It clouds the sun, that's all.

The Vietnam War was happening, but Lubbock was... They put a pinch on it.

I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.

Europe's Sikh community outside Britain scarcely exists. During 1993 there was some unrest in a district of Belgium to which Sikhs had gone to take part in harvesting as casual labourers. At times of high unemployment, there are always possibilities of non-whites being accused of job stealing. These often diminish when a group becomes established. Meanwhile Sikhs are sometimes deterred from migrating to areas where none has been previously.

The Senate declined to pass a bill paying out the bonus, and Hoover sent regular army troops, tanks, and machine guns to clear the tent city. The aggressive move resulted in one hundred injuries and wounds. Some veterans attempted to set up camp again, and this time Washington police fired on them, killing William Hushka and Eric Carlson. Both are buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Much-reduced bonus payments would eventually come in 1936.