Abused Quotes

342 Abused quotes by 266 unique authors

Digital power is every bit as likely to be abused as physical power, but is often more insidious because it is often wielded in the… — Rebecca MacKinnon
Laws and mechanisms originally meant to enforce copyright, protect children and fight online crime are abused to silence or intimidate political critics. — Rebecca MacKinnon
As in Pakistan, Tunisian and Egyptian human rights activists are concerned that any censorship mechanisms, once put in place, will inevitably be abused for political… — Rebecca MacKinnon
When all is said and done, it looks like the Palestinians have been massively robbed and abused, and are engaged in a desperate struggle for… — Michael Leunig
I feel every technology can be abused, but fundamentally we put new technologies into the service of humanity. — Sebastian Thrun
I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother would take it in turn… — Rick James
I had been, you know, held in the closet for two months and, you know, abused in all manner of ways. I was very good… — Patty Hearst
I want to set up orphanages for underprivileged and abused children. — Lindsay Lohan
I was an abused kid. — Rosie O'Donnell
For a number of years I was relentlessly pursued by 10 to 15 men, almost daily. Spat at, verbally abused. — Sienna Miller
A well-off plastic surgeon can suffer just as much as an Irish lad who has been abused or whatever. — William Nicholson
I deeply regret that those with the authority and responsibility to deal appropriately with Brendan Smyth failed to do so, with tragic and painful consequences… — Sean Brady
The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories that it has come to be disbelieved. Few people daresay nowadays that… — Victor Hugo
Anyone should be able to say on stage what they want. But those who have knowledge, do understand that certain things on stage can be… — Bill Cosby
The progress of this famous plant has been something like the progress of truth; suspected at first, though very palatable to those who had courage… — Isaac D'Israeli
There are a lot of people who really abused sampling and gave it a bad name, by just taking people's entire hit songs and rapping… — Unknown Author
'The will of the nation' is one of those expressions which have been most profusely abused by the wily and the despotic of every age. — Alexis De Tocqueville
Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the right use? What is the one end, which all means… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
GIVE but don't allow yourself to be USED. LOVE but don't allow your heart to be ABUSED. TRUST but don't be NAIVE. LISTEN to others… — Abhishek Tiwari
Were you born to resist or be abused? — Foo Fighters

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