- Tom Bradley: We are determined to take back the streets of Los Angeles, to run the hoodlums off the streets and return them to the decent law-abiding people of Los Angeles.
- Daryl Gates: We have a war. We are going to be successful. Whatever it takes, we will do it.
- Tim Goldman: You know, I don't need the videotape to see those attacks. I can still picture them, and almost how they happened, or what the individual looked like, or what was taking place. I mean, I can remember that whole day.