“Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn't mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“Harry is a black man, and I’m a white man. We obviously come from different backgrounds, but we stand together on this stage as brothers. And as a brother, I must say these race riots are terrible. It’s awful how stores are being looted. The burning, the rioting, the stealing. But if, God forbid, it…”— Don Rickles, amazon.com
“News Anchor: Any word on how the survivors in the town are doing, Mitch? Reporter: We are not exactly sure what is going on inside the town of Beaverton Tom, but we are reporting that there's looting, raping and yes, even acts of cannibalism. News Anchor: My God, you've actually seen people looting,…”— Kenny Hotz, News Anchor, Trey Parker, imdb.com
“Today we have a system where only those individuals with the means of capital and who can both pay the exorbitant application fee and fund a political campaign can vie for the presidency. It would not surprise any close observer to discover that in this inane system, the same unsavory characters who…”— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com
“It’s hardly a revelation to me that the young people in this country take a dim view of our current up-tightness when it comes to street rioting. They believe, and I think quite properly, that on the scale of misbehavior the black man who takes a torch to a building or breaks a window to loot, and d…”— Rod Serling, rodserling.com