Billy Idol Quotes
When the other man has none, you don't need a gun.
Idol, Billy. "Don't Need a Gun." Whiplash Smile, Chrysalis Records, 1986.
Many radicals of the day argued that violence was a legitimate form of protest and self defense. Goldman urged then not to advocate violence because under the then existing law and practical considerations, that gave the law enforcement authorities the tools to persecute the dissidents.
This appears to be the first American utterance of a longstanding doctrine of foreign policy.
When the Mexican police and the army started to crack down on the drug cartels for killing each other over drug terrirory, the cartels struck back and started murdering police and soldiers and often civilians as well. At the time ex President Fox made this statement, the Mexican government admitted to 20,000 murders but many observers believed that the number was 50,000.
William Michael Albert Broad, known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor who holds dual British and American citizenship. He first achieved fame in the 1970s emerging from the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of the group Generation X. Subsequently, he embarked on a solo career which led to international recognition and made Idol a lead artist during the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" in the United States. The name "Billy Idol" was inspired by a schoolteacher's description of him as "idle".
