Abuse Quotes - page 6

Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story. (Lincoln Steffens)
Judicial abuse occurs when judges substitute their own political views for the law. View quote
Lamar S. Smith
This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand. View quote
Louise Slaughter
In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem is it would be impossible to convince than fans, because of what they read on the AP wire. View quote
Leigh Steinberg
When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe. View quote
Mary Frances Berry
The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future. View quote
Marya Mannes
My sister was drowning in the ocean once, and my brother and I dove in and saved her. True story. She owes us her life. It's great leverage; we abuse it all the time! View quote
Matt Barr
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. View quote
Matt Blunt
Without public pressure from caring people, our lawsuits will not be enough to stop this widespread abuse. View quote
Morris Dees
So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone. View quote
Pamela Stephenson
I don't want to get in a big, long discussion about right and wrong, but our company has been working on the issue of underage drinking and alcohol abuse for a long time. I've been outspoken about it. (Pete Coors)
Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting, child abuse, and the feminization of poverty. View quote
Robert Casey
I keep wondering how to explain the experience of child abuse from the inside. I'm going to try to explain what my world was like when I was sexually abused. The thing you have to remember is that this was the thinking of a child. View quote
Robin Quivers
The church also does not condone a broken immigration system in the U.S., one that too easily can lead to the exploitation, abuse and even death of immigrants. View quote
Roger Mahony
In some ways, I lament the introduction of civilisation on such a huge scale, because it has given us a lot of room to abuse each other, which we continue to do. View quote
Roy Harper
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. View quote
Russ Carnahan
During my eleven years as a New York City public school teacher, I saw firsthand the impact that poverty has on the classroom. In low-income neighborhoods like Sunset Park, where I taught, students as young as five years old enter school affected by the stresses often created by poverty: domestic violence, drug abuse, gang activity. View quote
Sal Albanese
It's an intolerable abuse of power to have employees who are supposed to be advancing the public interest actually working on political campaigns. View quote
Sal Albanese
If you were the boss of a company and some of the employees of your company were known to sexually abuse children, you would fire them instantly. View quote
Sinead O'Connor
I went to law school. And I became a prosecutor. I took on a specialty that very few choose to pursue. I prosecuted child abuse and child homicide cases. Cases that were truly gut-wrenching. But standing up for those kids, being their voice for justice was the honor of a lifetime. View quote
Susana Martinez
I would like to say that what Mel Phillips was doing was not sexual harassment but more sexual abuse of children, because he was doing it in a sexual manner now that I look back on it. (Tom Cole)
Well, I guess the sexual abuse by Mel Phillips in a sense, he had a fetish for feet. He used to play with my feet and other kids' feet, and that was his thing. View quote
Tom Cole
I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse. View quote
Tatum O'Neal
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12. View quote
Xavier Becerra
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. View quote
Mahatma Gandhi