Abuse Quotes · Page 17

...arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and as a matter of law, unsupportable.

— Luther L. Bohanon

If you abuse the public trust, we're going to find you, and and we're going to prosecute you.

— Josh Hawley

All of us have far too much to do to waste our time and energies in criticism, faultfinding, or the abuse of…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Never be Bullied into silence. Never be made a victum. Accept no one's definition of you, but define yourself!

— Anonymous

Abuse of human rights and international law demand resolution - whoever is responsible.

— Ed Davey

“The little girl's dependency on her father made [his] abuse more insidious.”

— Joan Frances Casey

For a number of years I was relentlessly pursued by 10 to 15 men, almost daily. Spat at, verbally abused.

— Sienna Miller

The abuse of love, like the abuse of health, brings suffering and death in its train.

— Juliette Drouet

It's not a male and female footballer thing either, men go through a hell of a lot too. We're all in this,…

— Alex Greenwood

There was no market for poetry about trauma, abuse, loss, love, and healing through the lens of a Punjabi-Sikh immigrant woman.

— Rupi Kaur

I take a tremendous amount of punishment and abuse every weekend because every team serves at me. So I have to carry…

— Karch Kiraly

Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals…

— Linus Torvalds

These are the four abuses: desire to succeed in order to make oneself famous; taking credit for the labors of others; refusal…

— Confucius

What subsists to-day by violence continues to-morrow by acquiescence and is perpetuated by tradition; till at last the hoary abuse shakes the…

— Edward Everett

“Beating yourself up over every perceived mistake is the work of an internal abuser who must be restrained and reformed.”

— Bryant McGill

“Survivors are wise to not fall into the trap of second guessing all of their actions because it is likely they could…

— Shannon Thomas

My highest achievement: never shutting my heart down. Even in my darkest moments - through sexual abuse, a pregnancy at 14, lies…

— Oprah Winfrey

“…it is easier for us to examine the behaviour of the victim than it is for us to challenge the perpetrator. This…

— Don Hennessy

I saw sensuality as sacred, indeed the only sacredness, I saw woman and her beauty as divine since her calling is the…

— Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

An important documentary that sheds light on one of the most terrifying realities in the U.S. today—the commercial sexual exploitation of young…

— Rachel Lloyd

As every newspaper reader, liberal activist, or parliamentary junkie knows, the overarching barrier to most of Obama's agenda is the abuse of…

— Ari Melber

I look upon the vulgar observation, 'That the devil often deserts his friends, and leaves them in the lurch,' to be a…

— Henry Fielding

My relationship with my dad was complex, especially when I came out. The years of verbal abuse, all of it drink-fuelled, were…

— Craig Revel Horwood

The use or abuse of Christianity in contradiction to the very message of the gospel reveals not the gospel for what it…

— Ravi Zacharias

The American people do not begrudge anyone his or her power until they start abusing it.

— Chris Bell

“Law enforcement responding with silence regarding crimes reported by the public is a form of mistreatment.”

— Steven Magee

If the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.

— Samuel Johnson

[Ed Miliband]'s elevated personal abuse into a sort of strategy

— Nick Clegg

Language makes culture, and we make a rotten culture when we abuse words.

— Cynthia Ozick

“Hands Should Never Be Used To Hit, Hurt or Abuse Anyone. They Should Always Be Used To Help Better our World Instead!”

— Timothy Pina

“I've learned that verbal abuse can be just as damaging as physical abuse and take longer to heal from.”

— Jaycee Dugard

“Violence is compelling and ineffective, it can be ascertained, as one becomes an expert at it.”

— Patricia Dsouza

“There’s irony in a beautiful curl slowly turning into a tangled mess, beyond resurrection, in a matter of minutes.”

— Shelley Taylor

He who abuses others must not be particular about the answers he gets.

— Vikrant Parsai

People who exploit their power and abuse others need to be revealed.

— Radhika Apte

An argument derived from the abuse of a thing does not hold good against its use

— Latin Proverb

How could I fix myself, when my heart broken into pieces, and you've got half of it!

— Page Six

Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.

— Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

“Children are naive, they don’t possess enough skills to be able to recognize the balance between the truth and a lie.”

— Patricia Dsouza

But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them.

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin