Abuse Quotes - Page 3

• My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance of hard work and a meaningful education.

  Ronnie James Dio

  Meaningful, Hard Work, Childhood

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I was a teenager in Iceland people would throw rocks and shout abuse at me because they thought I was weird. I never got that in London no matter what I wore.

  Bjork

  Teenager, Rocks, Iceland

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• The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

  James Madison

  Power, Hands, Essence

  James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

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• Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.

  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

  Smile, Buddhist, Principles

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• The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.

  James F. Cooper

  Ambition, Simplicity, Want

  "The American Democrat: Or, Hints on the Social and Civic Relations of the United States of America". Book by James Fenimore Cooper, 1838.

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• But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them.

  Jean-Pierre Raffarin

  India, Republic, Tolerate

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• The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.

  George Catlin

  Believe, People, Savages

  George Catlin (1848). “Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians: In a Series of Letters and Notes Written During Eight Years of Travel and Adventure Among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing”, p.9

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• A policeman, as you discover, has to put up with a hell of a lot of abuse. A man in any other line of work would nail a guy who laid that kind of abuse on him. I know I would.

  Kent McCord

  Men, Guy, Nails

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• Media corporations have a civic responsibility not only to prevent fraud and financial abuse, but also to not corrupt or degrade our culture.

  Charles W. Pickering

  Responsibility, Media, Aggravation

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• I think that most minorities have experienced some form of racial abuse.

  Lynn Swann

  Thinking, Minorities, Form

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• The military is trying very hard right now to put a better face on Guantanamo, and I think they actually have tried to rid some of the extreme versions of abuse that we have read about.

  Jane Mayer

  Military, Thinking, Trying

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• The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world.

  Diane Watson

  World, Custody, Position

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• It is irresponsible for this Congress to not investigate the President's lack of an exit strategy, and the fraud, waste, and abuse of U.S. tax dollars.

  Russ Carnahan

  Hype, President, Dollars

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• The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own.

  Katherine Anne Porter

  Beauty, Real, Life Is

  1962 Ship of Fools, pt.3.

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• If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.

  Francis of Assisi

  Religious, Peace, Men

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• Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of our state. We have a responsibility to provide safe settings for at-risk children and facilitate permanent placement for children who cannot return home.

  Matt Blunt

  Children, Home, Responsibility

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  Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals' suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.

  Paul Harvey

  Animal, Equality, Government

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• I would certainly choose my jobs depending on the actions of the character. I won't do anything that has to do with child abuse or women's abuse.

  Kathleen Turner

  Jobs, Children, Character

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• Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up by some limits. Who would say it! virtue even has need of limits.

  Baron de Montesquieu

  Power, Men, Needs

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• I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Two, Addiction, Boards

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• What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians.

  Maxim Gorky

  Mean, Black, Prejudice

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• Substance abuse is a disease which doesn't go away overnight. I'm working hard to overcome it. I did fail my recent drug test. I'm prepared to face the consequences.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Work, Drug, Going Away

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• With power comes the abuse of power. And where there are bosses, there are crazy bosses. It's nothing new.

  Judd Rose

  Crazy, Boss, Nothing New

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• According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12.

  Xavier Becerra

  Alcohol, Drug, Age

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• We must do all we can to empower parents and communities to protect our youth and to encourage healthy behavior free from binge drinking and other forms of alcohol abuse.

  Jon Corzine

  Drinking, Community, Alcohol

  "Under age, under the influence" By Jean Weinberg, www.cnn.com. June 6, 2005.

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