Abuse Quotes

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By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will… — Propertius
A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their master who, in the abuse of absolute power, does not proceed to… — Edward Gibbon
Secrecy can spring from the best motives; but as it grows it begins to exist only for itself, only for its own sake, only to… — Christopher Dodd
Aging happy and well, instead of sad and sick, is at least under some personal control. We have considerable control over our weight, our exercise,… — George Vaillant
I've taken a philosophical position on e-mail. Although I think it's a wonderful communication technology, and it has a lot of good uses, it is… — Alan Lightman
The word conservative is used by the BBC as a portmanteau word of abuse for anyone whose views differ from the insufferable, smug, sanctimonious, naive,… — Norman Tebbit
I do not believe that I fell in love with a woman because I was abused. — Anne Heche
One of the speakers asked how many women had been harassed or abused sexually in their life? There were thousands of women in the audience,… — Cheryl James
Lying to a committee is a very grave abuse, and there ought to be a clear punishment. — John Bercow
I got married at 22 and remained in an abusive marriage for 10 years. I made up my mind that that was never going to… — Joyce Banda
I am deeply Catholic and always will be, but I'm no longer a member of the church. I left in 2003 because of the sex… — Julianna Baggott
No country is 100 percent free of human rights abuses. — Raul Castro
My father was a general manager with Hyatt, so we lived in the hotel so he would be close by if there were any problems.… — Dianna Agron
Since January 2002, when the United States began detaining at Guantanamo Bay enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other fronts in the war on… — Linda Chavez
I got out of college and I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State. I was working as an actor… — Peter Coyote
If you operate a TV or radio station, you have to have a license. It has nothing to do with fundamental freedom. It has to… — Robert Cailliau
Where there is flagrant abuse of corporate entities we must and will seek to tackle it. — Vince Cable
Regulators are a backstop: they don't own banks. The governance at the top of our leading banks has been shown to be lamentably weak. No… — Vince Cable
My parents just neglected me, I wasn't abused or anything. — Andy Dick
I certainly believe in limited government but protecting children against injury abuse is certainly inside my sphere of things that the government should do. — Mitch Daniels

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