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Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

This October, we renew the fight against domestic violence and abuse in America. Together, we can eliminate domestic violence from homes across the country and ensure that our children grow up in healthy, peaceful communities.

What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.

To give a child animal products is a form of child abuse.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12.

We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation.

When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.

When I was a teenager in Iceland people would throw rocks and shout abuse at me because they thought I was weird. I never got that in London no matter what I wore.

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.

Craft brewers are committed to promoting the safe and moderate consumption of their beverage, and work closely with their communities to prevent underage drinking and alcohol abuse.

This China trade deal is basically like the Bobby Knight of trade deals. You know, you abuse, you abuse, you abuse, and then they say 'Well, OK, we'll let you try one more time.'

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech.

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

I think people are sick and tired of all the abuse songs, and drug addiction, we want to bring to world a big fat smile.

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?

Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective.

I am disappointed in the music business, I feel like a lot of people in the music business are phoney, there's a lot of people who will abuse and take my kindness.