Abuse Quotes · Page 15

African-Americans are being disproportionately affected by, you know, the kind of misuse and abuse of power.

— Ras Baraka

I think if you are a player that has faces racial abuse you should come out and say it.

— Reece James

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.

— James F. Cooper

“The bottom line was that I was in an abusive relationship.”

— Shannon Celebi

I was under the impression that the worst thing you can do when you see or experience abuse it to be silent.

— Anonymous

Doping has to be fought, cheats must be unmasked, abuse should be punished but all this should remain human.

— Eddy Merckx

You cannot understand a thing, you begin to abuse it because it insults you.

— Osho

“the abuser's desire to abuse is not created by the child - it is there before the child appears”

— Carolyn Ainscough

Terrorism is in good part an effective government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly…

— Mark Poster

“I am releasing my own demons of times gone by and seizing the opportunity to find my own corner, my own fortress,…

— Trish Kaye Lleone

A shot to kill the pain. A pill to drain the shame. A purge to end the gain. A cut to break…

— Patience

The greatest scandal of the century in American psychiatry ... is the growing mania among thousands of inept therapists, family counselors, and…

— Martin Gardner

The University of California has been selected as the poster child of animal abuse at laboratories. It's been shown that the tactics…

— Jerry Vlasak

[David] Mamet is another hypocrite. His idea of Black man is a pimp who abuses women, [Edmond], yet his play Oleanna [1994]…

— Ishmael Reed

I hope we can form a community where a woman can speak up about abuse and not suffer another abuse by not…

— Lupita Nyong'o

Bullies may be the perpetrators of evil, but it is the evil of passivity of all those who know what is happening…

— Philip Zimbardo

“If abuse is to cease, and genuine love, respect, and trust are to be restored to the family picture- indeed to humanity's…

— Moriah S. St. Clair

Suspicionless surveillance has no place in a democracy. The next 60 days are a historic opportunity to rein in the NSA, but…

— Edward Snowden

Certainly, if we believe in democracy and democratic systems, when [Benazir Bhutto] failed to pass any legislation, really, at all in her…

— Fatima Bhutto

When we struggle for human rights, for freedom, for dignity, when we feel that it is a ministry of the church to…

— Anonymous

We all know to feel sympathy for those who've suffered from drug addiction, child abuse, and terminal illness, so the set up…

— Anthony Marra

The time has also come to recognize the painful truth that traditional Judeo-Christian moral values of pain and pleasure in human relationships…

— James W. Prescott

“To any survivor who may be doubting whether what they’ve experienced is truly abuse, remember that emotional, verbal, and psychological abuse will…

— Shahida Arabi

When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to…

— J. William Fulbright

We need to close the loopholes that allowed large corporations to abuse the Paycheck Protection Program.

— Jaime Harrison

Laws exist in every state that make animal cruelty a crime. Horse slaughter is simply another form of animal abuse.

— Bo Derek

“People will use you and abuse you but only if you let them. Have a kind heart but never be a fool!

— Timothy Pina

“Beware of relationships that substitute intensity for emotional intimacy.”

— Adelyn Birch

“Becoming fully aware of the dynamics of psychological abuse is not an easy truth to absorb.”

— Shannon Thomas

“Tenderness from empaths will be used against them time and time again by psychological abusers.”

— Shannon Thomas

“Sexual abuse injects poisonous lies into its victims’ hearts and minds. “You’re not worthy” is one of them.”

— Carolyn Byers Ruch

Media is a big problem around the world, it's powerful and can abuse its power.

— Julian Assange

“It is my personal opinion that all survivors can go from victim to victor and live more than a survivor.”

— Patricia Dsouza

A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.

— Anonymous

“It is hardly surprising that many survivors of ritual abuse develop DID in order to preserve their own sanity.”

— Joan Coleman

“Be A Hero For A Better World...Stand Up And Help Stop Abuse Today!”

— Timothy Pina

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.

— Michael J Fox

“Don't look like you're going to cry all the time." She scowled. "Tears are one of their favourite drinks around here.”

— L.C. Perry

Addiction doesn't kill the addict. It kills the family, kids and people who tried to help!

— Abhishek Tiwari

Transcend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion.

— Adeline Yen Mah