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Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
the Fifth Week after Easter
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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Abuse'

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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.
Russ Carnahan, American Politician (1958-  )
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.
Robert Casey, American Politician (1932-2000)
Today, the growing economic and social pressures in our country are putting millions of women, children and families at increased risk of abuse and neglect, especially when families are denied basic support services and economic opportunity.
Robert Casey, American Politician (1932-2000)
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
George Catlin, American Artist
Every year the Federal Government wastes billions of dollars as a result of overpayments of government agencies, misuse of government credit cards, abuse of the Federal entitlement programs, and the mismanagement of the Federal bureaucracy.
Chris Chocola, American Politician (1962-  )
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman
Nothing is so wearing as the possession or abuse of liberty.
Emile M. Cioran, Romanian Philosopher (1911-  )
The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated.
Richard Cobden, British Businessman (1804-1865)
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, American Politician (1949-  )
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.
Tom Cole, American Politician (1949-  )
The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.
James F. Cooper, American Novelist (1789-  )
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, American Businessman (1946-  )
We must do all we can to empower parents and communities to protect our youth and to encourage healthy behavior free from binge drinking and other forms of alcohol abuse.
Jon Corzine, American Politician (1947-  )
More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people.
Elijah Cummings, American Politician (1951-  )
I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.
Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress (1958-  )
Without public pressure from caring people, our lawsuits will not be enough to stop this widespread abuse.
Morris Dees, American Lawyer (1936-  )
Next time we need to be on drugs and have lots of suffering and alcohol abuse going on while recording, I'm kinda picturing a Jerry Lee Lewis session from the mid Seventies.
Jim Diamond, -
My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance of hard work and a meaningful education.
Ronnie James Dio, American Musician (1942-2010)
I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety.
Carol Ann Duffy, British Poet (1955-  )
I heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the way you do as a kid.
Christopher Eccleston, English Actor (1964-  )
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