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Clamor Quotes

The noise a crowd makes when it wants something now.

These clamor quotes examine what happens when public pressure builds fast, whether through television coverage or a demand for constant novelty. Our America collection touches similar cultural flashpoints.

Those that clamor loudest for Columbus to be erased from the pages of American history do so far more because of their hatred for America than their love of the Indians.

Quotes by Tom Tancredo

The heightened public clamor resulting from radio and television coverage will inevitably result in prejudice. Trial by television is, therefore, foreign to our system.

Quotes by Tom C. Clark

There are three things which the public will always clamor for, sooner or later: namely, novelty, novelty, novelty.

Quotes by Thomas Hood

No one ever saw all of him. It took me nearly four decades to allow my father his shadows, his reserve, to sit silently with him and not clamor for something more.

Quotes by Patti Davis

Always Quotes

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

Martin Luther King Jr.

My mother and my father have always supported me. Now in their eighties, they actually clamor onto the tour bus with me once or twice a year so they can watch the performances and hear the crowds. Traveling with eighty-something-year-olds...

Quotes by Jeff Dunham

Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.

Quotes by Hermann Hesse

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Quotes by Friedrich Schiller

We must go beyond the constant clamor of ego, beyond the tools of logic and reason, to the still, calm place within us: the realm of the soul.

Quotes by Deepak Chopra

America Quotes

There seems to be a peculiar kind of clamor for comics. And I'm not sure how much a part of reality that is. I think partly it's based on some idea that comics are what everybody wants to read -...

Quotes by Chris Ware

Despite the constant clamor for attention from the modern world, I do believe we need to procure a psychological space for ourselves. I apparently know some people who try to achieve this by logging off or going without their Twitter...

Quotes by Alan Moore

Frequently Asked Questions

What does clamor mean in the context of these quotes?
It refers to loud, persistent public demand or outcry, often stirred up by media coverage, political disagreement, or a shared cultural moment.
Why is television coverage linked to clamor here?
One quote argues that heightened public clamor from radio and TV coverage can create prejudice, which is why trial by television is considered unfair to a legal process.
What does the quote about novelty suggest?
It claims the public will always clamor for novelty above almost everything else, repeating the word three times to emphasize how relentless that demand can be.
Is clamor always described as loud voices?
Mostly, but one quote flips that idea, arguing that the real danger isn't loud clamor from bad actors but the appalling silence of good people staying quiet.
How does clamor relate to historical debates about figures like Columbus?
One quote criticizes calls to erase Columbus from America's history, suggesting that motive matters as much as the clamor itself.

One of the sharpest lines here contrasts loud clamor with quiet complicity, a theme worth sitting with alongside our Calm quotes if you want the opposite mood, or our Always collection for more on constants.