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Quotes About Unrest

The Ferguson riots of 2014 immediately preceded the midterm elections, where the Republicans picked up a mindboggling sixty-three seats in the House and six seats in the Senate. (Fun fact: the Wikipedia entry is listed as "Ferguson unrest," which is the leftist euphemism for rioting.)
~ Unknown
The fighting had begun. You could make out groups of masked men roaming around with assault rifles and automatic weapons. Windows had been broken, here and there cars were on fire, but the images, shot in the pelting rain, were of such poor quality it was impossible to get a clear idea of who was doing what.
~ Michel Houellebecq
Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.
~ Mick Jagger
He believes the world has entered "an era of perpetual irregular warfare.
~ Moisés Naím
Anarchy took its first breath.
~ Nalini Singh
Some people rioted for the sake of rioting.
~ Unknown
This world owes all its forward impulses to people ill at ease.
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
Stupidity is the fuel of revolutions.
~ Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Jerry's fortune cookie said: "Tension, apprehension and dissension have begun.
~ Norman Spinrad
If people are living the same as always, with their bellies full of food, they'll just go on the same way. If they get hungry and unhappy enough, something happens.
~ Paul Bowles
Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”
~ Amos 3:9