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> [Language makes culture, and we make a rotten culture when we abuse words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-ozick/language-makes-culture-and-we-make-a-rotten-culture-when-we-abuse/)

[Cynthia Ozick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-ozick/)

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> [Abuse of words is the foundation of ideology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-joubert/abuse-of-words-is-the-foundation-of-ideology/)

[Joseph Joubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-joubert/)

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> [“When you feel caught in the web of childhood abuse, find words to describe it. Write them. Say them. Express them. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-mcelvaney/when-you-feel-caught-in-the-web-of-childhood-abuse-find-words-to/)

[Jeanne McElvaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-mcelvaney/)

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> [Among the many evils which prevail under the sun, the abuse of words is not the least considerable. By the influence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-more/among-the-many-evils-which-prevail-under-the-sun-the-abuse-of-words/)

[Hannah More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-more/)

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> [Words may be either the servants or masters. If the former they may safely guide us in the way of truth. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-horne/words-may-be-either-the-servants-or-masters-if-the-former-they-may/)

[George Horne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-horne/)

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> [Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/abuse-of-words-has-been-the-great-instrument-of-sophistry-and/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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