1,745 Quotes About Abuse

  • Author Sinead O'Connor
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    I grew up in a situation of extreme abuse, but there was no chance to talk about it, so music became the escape if you like.

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  • Author Tatum O'Neal
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    When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.

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  • Author Austin Perez
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    This provision would open up the legal system to abuse by people who may not pay taxes and would drive up farmers' costs of defending themselves. We're obviously against that.

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  • Author Brad Pacheco
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    We want to look at best practices, alternatives in lieu of expensing. We want to come up with penalties to put on companies if they abuse options.

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  • Author Camille Paglia
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    Profanation and violation are part of the perversity of sex, which never will conform to liberal theories of benevolence. Every model of morally or politically correct sexual behavior will be subverted by nature's daemonic law.

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  • Author Dana Perino
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    The signing statement makes clear that the president will faithfully execute the law in a manner that is consistent with the Constitution. The president has welcomed at least seven Inspector General reports on the Patriot Act since it was first passed, and there has not been one verified abuse of civil liberties using the Patriot Act.

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  • Author Deborah Pearlstein
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    Secretary Rumsfeld takes the extraordinary position in his brief that ordering torture was 'within the scope of his employment' as Secretary of Defense. Especially in light of recent finds that no one at senior levels has been held to account for gross acts of torture and abuse of detainees, this is a remarkable abdication of the responsibility of command.

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  • Author Deborah Pryce
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    The johns use and abuse these young women. And pimps -- you can call them slaveholders, the masters out in the field.

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