Abuse Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

We cannot rely upon the silenced to tell us they are suffering.

— Hanan Ashrawi

An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.

— Edmund Burke

After a lifetime of silence, it is difficult then to speak.

— Marya Hornbacher

When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there…

— Albert Camus

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification; and as without this, without holiness, no man shall see God, though he pore whole nights upon his…

— John Donne

Once I was condemned to three months' absolute silence. As I could not speak, I wrote a book.

— Nana Mouskouri

He who takes not counsel of the Unseen and Silent, from him will never come real visibility and speech.

— Thomas Carlyle

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.

— Elie Wiesel

My mother says that if in our lives and I have no words … you … have never lost, nor the humiliation.

— Mak_786

“Well, all speaking is difficult, whether peril attends it or not. Sometimes peril to the body, sometimes a more intimate, miniature, invisible peril to…

— Sebastian Barry

“i swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. we must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the…

— Elie Wiesel

Great sorrows cannot speak.

— John Donne