Abuses Quotes

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Most people do not go to the dentist until they have a toothache; most societies do not reform abuses until the victims begin to make… — Charles Issawi
Some, while deploring animal abuses, on the same breath approve 'benefits to humans from certain animal abuses'! Who would criticize the Jewish holocaust or Black… — Adela Popescu
A rising mass movement attracts and holds a following not by its doctrine and promises but by the refuge it offers from the anxieties, barrenness… — Eric Hoffer
As you may know, KFC is under worldwide pressure to eliminate its cruelest abuses of chickens, such as cutting the beaks off baby birds; breeding… — Pamela Anderson
Had the Senate or House, or both, censured or somehow warned Richard Nixon, the tragedy of Watergate might have been prevented. Hopefully the Senate will… — John Dean
There is no dichotomy between man and God's image. Whoever tortures a human being, whoever abuses a human being, whoever outrages a human being, abuses… — Oscar Romero
The United States has been ambiguous on the current situation in Nepal. They have not actually come out very strongly in terms of pushing the… — Irene Khan
The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites… — Henry Clay
No man can lead a public career really worth leading, no man can act with rugged independence in serious crises, nor strike at great abuses,… — Theodore Roosevelt
Suspicionless surveillance has no place in a democracy. The next 60 days are a historic opportunity to rein in the NSA, but the only one… — Edward Snowden
It has been the resolution of mankind in all ages of the world. No people, no age, ever threw away the fruits of past wisdom,… — William Hazlitt
Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then… — Martin Luther
KFC is not black owned, but it sure knows to market heavily to African Americans - obviously hoping we won-t care about what they do… — Bill Vaughan
I have heard my fill of hurtful words. I think it's especially egregious when citizens like me, who point out abuses in their country, are… — Gunter Grass
The idea of 'Voice of Witness' is to let survivors and witnesses of human-rights abuses tell their story at length. It started with a course… — Dave Eggers
To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and… — James Madison
Joe Arpaio needs no help from me getting attention. For years he has been a beacon of bigotry and intolerance for all the world to… — Conor Oberst
Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere. — Samantha Power
Salman Rushdie, indeed any writer who abuses the prophet or indeed any prophet under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death. — Cat Stevens
What pedophiles and people who have sexual desires on children lose sight of to a terrible, terrible degree - a devastating degree - is that… — Jock Sturges

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