Abuses Quotes

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That paper money has some advantages is admitted. But that its abuses also are inevitable and, by breaking up the measure of value, makes a… — Thomas Jefferson
So far as this has gone, I am satisfied to see a spirit prevailing that promises to send the system out free from those vexations… — Richard Henry Lee
Obscenity is a moral concept in the verbal arsenal of the establishment, which abuses the term by applying it, not to expressions of its own… — Herbert Marcuse
To protest in the name of morality against 'excesses' or 'abuses' is an error which hints on active complicity. There are no 'abuses' or 'excesses'… — Simone de Beauvoir
My own convictions as to negro slavery are strong. It has its evils and abuses...We recognize the negro as God and God's Book and God's… — Jefferson Davis
When we struggle for human rights, for freedom, for dignity, when we feel that it is a ministry of the church to concern itself for… — Oscar Romero
We talk of regional conflicts, of economic and social crises, of political instability, of abuses of human rights, of racism, religious intolerance, inequalities between rich… — Poul Hartling
A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
It is impossible to correct abuses unless we know that theyre going on. — Julian Assange
We declare that one who uses the God-given body of another without divine sanction abuses the very soul of that individual, abuses the central purpose… — Jeffrey R. Holland
An aggressive drug-testing program would cut down on certain abuses, but its never going to catch everyone - or even close to everyone. — Malcolm Gladwell
Regarding the accusations of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, deplorable and disgusting as those abuses are, they are not so harmful to the… — Richard Dawkins
Nobody abuses us more than we abuse ourselves. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
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
In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolution that would end the… — Juan Goytisolo
Democracy destroys itself because it abuses its right to freedom and equality. Because it teaches its citizens to consider audacity as a right, lawlessness as… — Isocrates
The law has been perverted, and the powers of the state have become perverted along with it. The law has not only been turned from… — Frederic Bastiat
Persecution has not crushed it, power has not beaten it back, time has not abated its force, and, what is most wonderful of all, the… — Horace Bushnell
We must not allow the practices of an anti-democratic State that abuses the powers of government to violate the human rights of Venezuelans. — Leopoldo Lopez
The presumed causes of Americas troubles can be summed up simply: the evils of unlimited competition, and abuses by those with economic power. — Charles A. Reich

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