Abuse Quotes · Page 26

Nor aught so good but strained from that fair use, Revolts from true birth stumbling on abuse.

— William Shakespeare

I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to look at their faith in a different way.

— William P. Leahy

Dominant companies can't abuse their position to create advantage in related markets.

— Margrethe Vestager

People always think that domestic abuse is something that you live with and get over. But no. You have mental scars.

— Michel'le

Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.

— Leon Trotsky

There is only so much abuse a man can take until he reaches breaking point.

— Emmanuel Adebayor

As in so many cases of sexual abuse within the family, it is much more complicated than had it been done by…

— Erin Merryn

“People that hurt others, only act on a pain they feel themselves.”

— Vivian Amis

There's some people that obviously abuse social networking or whatever, but I think it's a fantastic idea. I've never had any bad…

— Maisie Williams

Well, yes, I mean, I think that, you know, my sources suggest that there's a lot of support for the notion that…

— Jane Mayer

Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere.

— Samantha Power

There is female-on-male spouse abuse. There are women who hit their husbands. But there must have been something that caused that because…

— Rush Limbaugh

More academics should blog, post videos, post audio, post lectures, offer articles and more. You'll enjoy it: I've had threats and blackmail,…

— Ben Goldacre

I'm certainly not suggesting legalization of polyamory. But it's also unfairly judgmental of you to compare such relationships to the criminal acts…

— Emily Yoffe

“Boundaries protect the things that are of value to you. They keep you in alignment with what you have decided you want…

— Adelyn Birch

I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of…

— John Adams

The core community is passionate about quality and getting it right. If you want to read some good criticisms of Wikipedia, probably…

— Jimmy Wales

When I was selected as a Labour council candidate in 2009, people publicly challenged how I could possibly represent anyone from the…

— Luciana Berger

“Remembering that only a few years ago men, women, and even children, were imprisoned, tortured and burned, for having expressed in an…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

I dread our own power and our own ambition; I dread our being too much dreaded…We may say that we shall not…

— Edmund Burke

Imagine that for hundreds of years your most formative traumas, your daily suffering and pain, the abuse you live through, the terror…

— Catharine MacKinnon

“All people cross the line from childhood to adulthood with a secondhand opinion of who they are. Without any questioning, we take…

— Heyward Ewart

It is not simply the individual who benefits from and is protected by rights, but the society as a whole. Protected freedoms…

— David Wong

I think it's child abuse to have someone in the public eye too young. Society basically values wealth and fame and power…

— Alanis Morissette

“I remember the way love used to glow on my skin before he made his way in now every touch feels like…

— Andrea Gibson

I don't believe in getting clothes that just look pretty or that'll fall apart—they have to stand up to a lot of…

— Lilith Saintcrow

Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.

— Ronald Reagan

It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race.

— Charles Bradlaugh

When someone abuses me I can defend myself, but against praise I am defenceless.

— Sigmund Freud

We are all frail-embodied creatures, who at times suffer through injustice, abuse, illness, pain and misfortune.

— Anonymous

“The threatening to, harsh aggression, made her submissive. (Across Time And Space)”

— Mala Naidoo

Unnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.

— Florence Nightingale

“Psychological and emotional wellness is an ongoing process for everyone.”

— C. Kennedy

I don't make personal abuse against anybody, I don't mind personal remarks.

— Jeremy Corbyn

“Just because...you've been abused in your life, doesn't ever give you the right to go out and abuse others.”

— Timothy Pina

A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest. I think that kind of thing is an abuse of…

— Paul Kingsnorth

Growing up in bars might sound like child abuse. And if it does, then you're what my mom would call 'Protestants.'

— Rory O'Malley

“Then why don't I tell on him? If they don't, why don't I? Because. Because I am safe this way, silent unnoticed.”

— Thalia Chaltas

“Being kidnapped and abused by the undead was worse than calculus, but not by a wide margin.”

— Thomm Quackenbush