Abuse Quotes
1213 quotes by 903 authors
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But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it…
— Baron de Montesquieu
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Becoming a vegan is a sure way of completely avoiding participation in the abuse of farmed animals. Vegans are a living demonstration of the fact…
— Peter Singer
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The liberated woman is not that modern doll who wears make-up and tasteless clothes. ....The liberation woman is a person who believes that she is…
— Ghada al-Samman
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Sure, my boss took advantage of me, but I will always remain firm on this point: it was a consensual relationship. Any 'abuse' came in…
— Monica Lewinsky
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Nobody abuses us more than we abuse ourselves.
— Miguel Angel Ruiz
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I used alcohol for my panic attacks, to manage stressors.
— Bill N. Lacy
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I want to feel better. My wife says she likes me not drinking, not so many highs, so many lows, I don't lose temper, I'm…
— Unknown Author
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I know I'm getting something out of it (counseling), Pat is getting something, even my daughter is getting something out of it. We don't like…
— Unknown Author
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As usual, my mind is spinning in circles...is it me? Am I making mountains out of molehills? Being too analytical? Worrying about nothing? Being emotional?
— Kellie Pickler
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Bottom line: Outbursts of anger - including screaming, throwing things, banging inanimate objects, slamming doors, squealing tires, stomping around, making threats, shoving, restraining, cornering, or…
— Paul the Apostle
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Marriage is for committed lovers, not hostages. Marriage is a sacred relationship created for two people who complete each other spiritually. While it requires sacrificial…
— Rob Jackson
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Abuse is always wrong. Some try to excuse it. Most perpetrators have a sense of entitlement, thinking their actions are justified. Ironically, their victims may…
— Rob Jackson
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"No" is a word that must never be negotiated, because the person who chooses not to hear it is trying to control you... Declining to…
— Gavin de Becker
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The kind of violence one should fear is always quiet and comes all wrapped up in words like Love until you live with it daily…
— Shauna Singh Baldwin
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All European tradition, Marxism included, has conspired to defy the natural order of all things. Mother Earth has been abused, the powers have been abused,…
— Russell Means
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It is the wit and policy of sin to hate those we have abused.
— William Davenant
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The man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead of bashing their brains out with a club should be counted among those who laid…
— John Denham
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We cannot build the new culture for learning to which we aspire in an environment which is depressed and dampened every day by the impact…
— Unknown Author
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The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that…
— Richard Whately
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Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story.
— Lincoln Steffens
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