Abuse Quotes

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Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers. — John C. Calhoun
I dread our own power and our own ambition; I dread our being too much dreaded....We may say that we shall not abuse this astonishing… — Edmund Burke
There were some tragic cases of women whose love was abused, who for a certain time procured important documents or information, not knowing who for,… — Markus Wolf
I wanted to write something from a child's viewpoint... Five of the characters I have played in movies have either been abused or became abusers,… — Meg Tilly
The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed and I for one don't believe the… — Adam Rickitt
Third issue, and again I think it is important to note, anyone can make a mistake and any administration can make a mistake once in… — Jay Inslee
Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get… — Bob Uecker
What a state of society is this in which freethinker is a term of abuse, and in which doubt is regarded as sin? — William Winwood Reade
Anybody can claim to be a member of the ALF when rescuing animals, destroying "tools of torture" (such as research equipment) or financially depleting a… — Charlotte Laws
I am the only wretch who keeps on heaping new iniquities and abominations on myself. O Monsieur, how merciful God is to put up with… — Vincent de Paul
Light itself is a great corrective. A thousand wrongs and abuses that are grown in darkness disappear, like owls and bats, before the light of… — James A. Garfield
I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I have hundreds of people waiting in line to abuse me! — Bill Murray
The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political authority,… — James F. Cooper
Men should do their actual living and working in communities small enough to permit of genuine self-government and the assumption of personal responsibilities, federated into… — Mahatma Gandhi
Twenty miles on, we have spotted a roadside sign: 'CHAINSAW CARVED MUSHROOMS'. Troubles promptly forgotten, Stuart falls to gawping at the road ahead. What could… — Alexander Masters
There once was an umpire whose vision Was cause for abuse and derision He remarked in surprise, 'Why pick on my eyes? It's my heart… — Ogden Nash
Children's bodies aren't like automobiles with the assailant's fingerprints lingering on the wheel. The world of sexual abuse is quintessentiall y secret. It is the… — Beatrix Campbell
Most of us find it difficult to accept a definition of love that says we are never loved in a context where there is abuse. — Bell Hooks
It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag who gives that protester the freedom… — Zell Miller
However, if you listen to me I think you can hear years of abuse in my voice - both bad abuse and good abuse. — Belinda Carlisle

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