# Quote — George Monbiot, Heat

> Nobody ever rioted for austerity. (p. 96)

- Author: [George Monbiot](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-monbiot.md)
- Book: [Heat](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-monbiot/heat.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Monbiot#Heat:_How_to_Stop_the_Planet_Burning_(2006)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-monbiot/heat/nobody-ever-rioted

## More from this book

> Faced with a choice between the survival of the planet and a new set of matching tableware, most people would choose the tableware.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-monbiot/heat/faced-with-a-choice.md)

> We are the most fortunate generation that has ever lived. And we are the most fortunate generation that ever will.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-monbiot/heat/we-are-the.md)