Abuse Quotes - Page 5

• But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

  Baron de Montesquieu

  Men, Authority, Separation Of Powers

  Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (2015). “The Spirit of Laws”, p.205, Library of Alexandria

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• Pity those whom nature abuses, never those who abuse nature.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Nature, Pity

  "The Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan".

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• There was mental and physical abuse in my family.

  Erin Moran

  My Family, Physical Abuse

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• It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.

  Antoine Rivarol

  Doubt, Done, Advantage

  Preface to "Le Petit Almanach de nos Grands Hommes", 1788.

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• It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

  Samuel Johnson

  Men, Forgotten, Should

  Samuel Johnson (1836). “Johnsoniana; or supplement to Boswell; being Anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, etc”, p.57

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• We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Anger, Betrayed, Imperfect

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.

  Ronald Reagan

  America, Drug, Politics

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.

  Tacitus

  Criticism, Irritated, Critics

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• Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

  Voltaire

  Happiness, Men, Advice

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• As custodians of the planet it is our responsibility to deal with all species with kindness, love, and compassion. That these animals suffer through human cruelty is beyond understanding. Please help to stop this madness.

  Richard Gere

  Kindness, Responsibility, Compassion

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• Let's suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good one, about what to tell yourself about the abuse.

  Albert Ellis

  Choices, Sexually, Stills

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• Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.

  Abbie Hoffman

  Political, Arbitrary, Politics

  Abbie Hoffman (1987). “Steal this Urine Test: Fighting Drug Hysteria in America”, Penguin Group USA

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• Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers.

  Charles W. Pickering

  Feet, Cost, Healthcare

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• The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being.

  Katherine Anne Porter

  Beauty, Real, Careers

  1962 Ship of Fools, pt.3.

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• Ritalin abuse is a big issue in the US.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Issues, Literature, Ritalin

  "Snort story" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2002.

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• It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so the government doesn't abuse it.

  Barack Obama

  Government, People, Important

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Power can be very addictive, and it can be corrosive. And it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere.

  George H. W. Bush

  Media, People, Important

  "Bush: Power Can Be Addictive, Corrosive; Media Should Call Out Those Who Abuse Their Power" by Ian Schwartz, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 27, 2017.

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• No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute.

  Paul Gallico

  Inspirational, Rude, Insulting

  The New York Times, January 14, 1962.

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• Marriage is for committed lovers, not hostages. Marriage is a sacred relationship created for two people who complete each other spiritually. While it requires sacrificial service, it is not a call to martyrdom. In many cases of domestic violence, a therapeutic separation is necessary to gain safety and direct attention to the gravity of the need for change.

  Rob Jackson

  Two, People, Safety

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• Public affairs go on pretty much as usual: perpetual chicanery and rather more personal abuse than there used to be.

  John Adams

  Usual, Goes On, Affair

  John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Abigail Adams, Lester Jesse Cappon, Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.) (1988). “The Adams-Jefferson letters: the complete correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams”, The University of North Carolina Press

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• It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life. Towards this end, experiments on living animals in classrooms should be stopped. To encourage cruelty in the name of science can only destroy the finer emotions of affection and sympathy, and breed an unfeeling callousness in the young towards suffering in all living creatures.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Respect, Nature, Children

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• What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?

  Sitting Bull

  Children, Native American, Men

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• The abuse dies in a day; but the denial slays the life of the people and entombs the hope of the race.

  Charles Bradlaugh

  Ignorance, Race, People

  Charles Bradlaugh's speech at Hall of Science (circa 1880), as quoted in Annie Besant "Annie Besant: An Autobiography", 1893.

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• By finding waste and abuse in entitlement programs, and eliminating it, we can ensure that the funds that are put into these programs go to the people that need them the most.

  Jim Ryun

  Finding The One, People, Needs

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• I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to look at their faith in a different way.

  William P. Leahy

  Thinking, Issues, People

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