Let's not glamorize abuse.

You know how people love to glamorize poverty? There's nothing glamorous about it. But it did make me really creative. Those days, I was…

— Beth Ditto

“Words are free. It does not mean you should abuse them. Be kind with them. They will mirror your actions.”

— Hadinet Tekie

All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights.

— Richard Stallman

“Stand up for yourself. Never give any one permission to abuse you.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Research on organised abuse emphasises the diversity of organised abuse cases, and the ways in which serious forms of child maltreatment cluster in the…

— Michael Salter

Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues…

— Alan Cumming

“Blaming therapy, social work and other caring professions for the confabulation of testimony of 'satanic ritual abuse' legitimated a programme of political and social…

— Michael Salter

I have a theory that all abuse, no matter what kind of abuse it is, is foremost an assault on the mind.

— Tara Westover

Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.…

— Atifete Jahjaga

“The sole reason I stand to open it up now is that lots of people who are in pain just like I was, and…

— Patricia Dsouza

It is sure that those are most desirous of honour or glory who cry out loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the…

— Baruch Spinoza

“Build a bridge over shame by teaching kids about sexual abuse. Give them a chance to run to us should they encounter it. Be…

— Carolyn Byers Ruch

Being nice is okay,but don't allow anybody to abuse it...try to fight for your self when you know your on the right way...

— Anonymous

Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term…

— Barry Ritholtz

I wrote when I was a young teen, but I didn't put an eye on the available markets until I was seventeen. The next…

— Robert Reed