“A hungry mob is an angry mob.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Them Belly Full (But We Hungry), from the album Natty Dread (1974)
Song lyrics
“For the mob, use grapeshot.”
Quoted in ""A portion of the journal kept by Thomas Raikes, esq., from 1831 to 1847 ; comprising reminiscences of social and political life in London and Paris during that period."", volume 2. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1858.
Also attributed to Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie by Thomas Carlyle
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