Abused Quotes

342 quotes by 266 authors

The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted… — Henry David Thoreau
Let no one charge me with ever having abused or encouraged weakness or surrendered on matters of principle. But I have said, as I say… — Mahatma Gandhi
I don't spend much time in it. I go in there for my lunch and for coffee in the afternoon. I'd rarely be in there… — Lucinda Creighton
The will of the nation is one of those phrases most widely abused by schemers and tyrants of all ages. — Alexis de Tocqueville
We depend on the gifts of nature, but these gifts must be received with gratitude and not exploited or abused — Satish Kumar
There has come a time when we can no longer remain silent but must speak up for our country which is being sold, abused, mined,… — Di Morrissey
One is left with the thought that given the way we now abuse the ocean and abuse the climate that we are heading towards our… — Paul Keating
Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all… — Alexander Pope
But cool and candid people will at once reflect, that the purest of human blessings must have a portion of alloy in them, that the… — James Madison
If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions, let us have… — Benjamin Franklin
Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They are good for nothing but to inspire. I had better… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I think this president has so badly abused his power, breached his trust in remarkable ways with our Congress, with the American people, has violated… — Rocky Anderson
I grew up in a school system . . . where nobody understood the meaning of learning disorder. In the West Indies, I was constantly… — Harry Belafonte
Evil exists because of the disobedience of Satan. God gave Satan, and the angels, and man free will. Satan used his free will and abused… — Stephen Colbert
I am very much against weapons in space. And I wish we could be spearheading that program to come to some kind of international agreement… — Scott Bakula
Occasionally, on screen, Barbara [Stanwyck] had a wary, watchful quality about her that I've noticed in other people who had bad childhoods; they tend to… — Robert Wagner
I told my mother at about the seventh year of therapy that I had been abused sexually by my father, and she hung up the… — Anne Heche
I try to become a singer. The guitar has always been abused with distortion units and funny sorts of effects, but when you don't do… — Jeff Beck
Praise makes me humble, but when I am abused, I know that I have touched the stars. — Gyles Brandreth
I don't really drink very much, although I have abused alcohol in the past. — Daniel Baldwin

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