Domestic Violence Quotes

• From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, "I survived."

  Craig Scott

  Life, Wounds And Scars, Stories

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• The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colours and lives in many different communities.

  Sandra Pupatello

  Community, Abuse, Different

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• Domestic violence can be so easy for people to ignore, as it often happens without any witnesses and it is sometimes easier not to get involved. Yet, by publicly speaking out against domestic violence, together we can challenge attitudes towards violence in the home and show that domestic violence is a crime and not merely unacceptable.

  Honor Blackman

  Attitude, Home, Together We Can

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• A real man wouldn't lay a finger on a woman. He treats his partner with respect, love and support. Men are physically stronger and have no place abusing that power. Everyone has problems, and arguments happen, but that's when a real man uses his intelligence to talk it out.

  Matt Lanter

  Real, Men, Support

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• There is one universal truth, applicable to all countries, cultures and communities: violence against women is never acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Country, Community, Culture

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• Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

  Nicole Kidman

  Women, Rights, Against Violence

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• Violence needs to stop. All of us - men and women - need to speak up and teach our children that violence is never the solution. Together we can all make a difference. The best place to start is with yourself.

  Will Young

  Children, Men, Together We Can

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• We all like to think that if we were the victims of domestic abuse we'd up and leave - but it's not always as easy or straightforward as that. Women stay with abusive partners for all kinds of reasons - they love them, they fear them, they have children with them, they believe they can change them or they simply have no where else to go.

  Kate Thornton

  Children, Believe, Thinking

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• Nowhere in the world is a woman safe from violence. The strengthening of global commitment to counteract this plague is a movement whose time has come.

  Asha-Rose Migiro

  Commitment, Movement, World

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• I want to tell people that family violence happens to anybody, no matter how nice your house is, no matter how intelligent you are.

  Rosie Batty

  Nice, Intelligent, People

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• Women should know that love doesn't abuse you. It shouldn't hurt you. Love cannot be redefined into 'He only hit me once, I'll let it slide.' Love is happiness, not being neglectful, caring, being respectful, providing, having standards, kindness, standing up for the right things.

  Jahmene Douglas

  Hurt, Kindness, Caring

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• Women trapped in violent relationships need to know that there's no shame in talking out and walking out on their abusive partners.

  Kate Thornton

  Talking, Needs, Shame

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• The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.

  Bill Cosby

  Future, Afterlife, Goal

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• All marriages are sacred, but not all are safe.

  Rob Jackson

  Safe, Sacred, Violence

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• ... you don't have to wait for someone to treat you bad repeatedly. All it takes is once, and if they get away with it that once, if they know they can treat you like that, then it sets the pattern for the future.

  Jane Green

  Waiting, Abuse, Patterns

  Jane Green (2002). “Bookends: A Novel”, p.188, Broadway Books

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• Victims of domestic violence need assistance and deserve justice, I commend the crime unit's efforts to put offenders behind bars and reach out to victims.

  Bob Riley

  Justice, Effort, Needs

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• I did not know that the first step in any domestic violence relationship is to seduce and charm the victim. I also did not know that the second step is to isolate the victim. The next step in the domestic violence pattern is to introduce the threat of violence and see how she reacts. We victims know something you [non-victims] usually don't. It's incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is to 'kill her'. Over 70% of domestic violence murders happens after the victim has ended the relationship.

  Leslie Morgan Steiner

  Next Steps, Finals, Patterns

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• Domestic violence refers to acts of violence (physical, sexual, emotional and psychological) that occur between people who have, or have had, an intimate relationship. It tends to involve an ongoing pattern of behaviour aimed at controlling a partner through fear.

  Unknown

  Emotional, People, Psychological

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• We have to promote human solidarity, avoid indifference, and play a part with society in the solution of the problem of violence.

  Shakira

  Play, Against Violence, Problem

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• Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused by someone that you love and think loves you in return. It is estimated that approximately 3 million incidents of domestic violence are reported each year in the United States.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Pain, Love You, Emotional

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• To help break the cycle of domestic violence, we must allow survivors to take time off from work without fear of losing their job, to go to court, to see a doctor or to find a safe place to live.

  Lucille Roybal-Allard

  Jobs, Doctors, Safe

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• We must unite. Violence against women cannot be tolerated, in any form, in any context, in any circumstance, by any political leader or by any government.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Government, Leader, Political

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• Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.

  Samuel Griswold Goodrich

  Abuse, Weapons, Vulgar

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• Men have an important role to play in sending out the message that real men do not hurt or abuse their partners.

  Ian Somerhalder

  Hurt, Real, Men

  "28 Famous Men Who Prove You Don’t Need To Be A Woman To Be A Feminist" By Alanna Vagianos, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 25, 2014.

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• We can all take responsibility for helping to bring about change, and keeping our friends and colleagues safe from domestic violence

  Charles Clarke

  Responsibility, Against Violence, Safe

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