Domestic violence Quotes · Page 3

My father use to say. It takes a pretty weak man to hit a woman.

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

[Domestic violence is] a carefully laid physical, financial and psychological trap.

— Anonymous

...after all, who isn't a survivor from the wreck of childhood?

— Nicole Krauss

I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.

— Derrick Lewis

Children of domestic violence, of course, suffer terrible consequences.

— Letitia James

“A husband should not discipline his wife, Johanna says.”

— Veronica Roth

All domestic violence stories break my heart.

— Kenya Moore

“My hands twitch as they tremble and every nerve and muscle in my body is frozen—numb.”

— J. Kahele

“She counts the tiles on the cold bathroom floor lays her secrets out like stones square by square tile by tile she…

— Diana Rasmussen

The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colours and lives in many different communities.

— Sandra Pupatello

If [George] Zimmerman had been arrested for domestic violence, Trayvon Martin might still be alive.

— Gloria Steinem

What I want people to take from this is that it isn't simple. People judge you, people tell you what you should…

— Rosie Batty

Luke was a little boy in a growing body that felt pain and sadness and fear for his mum, and he always…

— Rosie Batty

Domestic violence is an epidemic, and yet we don't address it. Until it happens to celebrities.

— Nelsan Ellis

The thing about secrets is they keep you in a prison. Once you share, WHOOSH, there is a release.

— Joyce Meyer

“Smothered by control a tormented soul trapped in his castle Her tears rolling mist proof she exists in Snow White Darkness.”

— Diana Rasmussen

There can be no better measure of our governance than the way we treat our children, and no greater failing on our…

— Jessica Lange

“He told me that if I hung up, he'd do it. He would commit suicide. He told me that if I called…

— Sierra D. Waters

I wanted to take part in the Women's Aid Real Man campaign because domestic violence affects so many women and children during…

— Duncan Bannatyne

Childhood depression tends to be more common in inner cities, being most frequently related to serious social deprivation, bullying, domestic violence, wartime…

— Robert Winston

The most brutal form of domestic violence is the violence against unborn children, and this particular bill would prohibit abortions after the…

— Joseph Fischer

While I didn't grow up in a family where there was domestic violence I knew of families in my neighbourhood where abuse…

— Huey Morgan

Domestic violence does not only happen to adults. Forty percent of girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who…

— Dianne Feinstein

It is difficult to get Latina and Asian women to speak out. We must make it clear it's not their problem, it's…

— Juanita Millender-McDonald

“Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and…

— Sierra D. Waters

“When there is inconsistency in belief and action (such as being violated by someone who is supposed to love you) our mind…

— Rosenna Bakari

Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once. If he raises a fist; punches…

— Lundy Bancroft

“When others witness or comment on abusive behaviors, the little voice that the upscale abused wife once heard inside her and ignored…

— Susan Weitzman

“The bottom line is this: "Married women are notably safer than their unmarried peers, and girls raised in a home with their…

— Greenhaven Press

Although I haven't experienced violence in a relationship, I know that two women every week in England and Wales are killed by…

— Jemma Kidd

Whether low-income people are dealing with access to veteran's benefits, or a protective order to guard against domestic violence, or a way…

— Martha Minow

“The confusion of love with abuse is what allows abusers who kill their partners to make the absurd claim that they were…

— Lundy Bancroft

It is impossible to correct abuses unless we know that theyre going on.

— Julian Assange

“As tears fall from her face she begins to sway Love shouldn't hurt this way.”

— Diana Rasmussen

“Never let a man put his hands on you without your permission.”

— Melda Beaty

My wife and I run a foundation where we deal with domestic violence.

— Guy Sebastian

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS REAL IT HAPPENS EVERYDAY AND AFFECTS EVERYONE.

— TJ

Domestic violence is what I do to my toilet after eating Taco Bell.

— Nikhil Saluja

Domestic violence is the front line of the war against women.

— Pearl Cleage

“A gentle giant, not a sexist or possessive bone in his body”

— The Guardian