1,745 Quotes About Abuse

  • Author William O. Douglas
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    The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too knew the suffocating influence of orthodoxy and standardized thought. They weighed the compulsions for restrained speech and thought against the abuses of liberty. They chose liberty.

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  • Author Mark Erickson
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    Next to nothing is known about this process, but it could be of great importance to the well-being of the offspring. This is particularly relevant because of the alarming rate of child abuse and neglect.

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  • Author Mike Eslinger
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    This is one particular crime in one particular area that no one is very sympathetic with these individuals. And when you narrow that scope down into the predators and the people that abuse children, SORRY, you suffer the consequences, is the way we look at it.

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  • Author Rahm Emanuel
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    Permitting and protecting even the smallest acts of abuse by a tiny fraction of our officers leads to a culture where extreme acts of abuse are more likely.

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  • Author Dan Futterman
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    He achieved everything he ever wanted, and the cost of that ruined him. It was something he never came to terms with. He never did finish another book. The drinking and drug abuse increased, and it was the beginning of his long demise.

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  • Author Dave Foreman
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    The church hierarchy is attempting to scapegoat gay people for its own failure to address the sexual abuse of children and young people that it alone created and covered up. The evil in this is that they are trying to equate being gay with sex abuse, which is appalling.

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  • Author David Fassler
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    ADHD is associated with a significant increase of accidents and of substance abuse in adolescents when it's not treated.

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  • Author Debbie Ford
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    Anger, if used properly, might be for a cause, like helping feed children or stopping abuse somewhere. When we understand that every quality has importance and value, then we open up to this. Shining a light on these shadow qualities gives it balance.

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  • Author Dennis Franchione
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    It is monitored and audited to the dime. There are all kinds of checks and balances and procedures to make sure there is no abuse of the system.

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