Abuses Quotes

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I`ve been in Hollywood for over 40 years. I`ve worked on over 100 shows and movies. But I`m famous for being a homophobic, perverted, leering, dirty old man who peeps on young girls and verbally abuses his wife. When I die, they`re going to say "Mr. Roper died." They won`t even use my real name.

- Norman Fell

Salman Rushdie, indeed any writer who abuses the prophet or indeed any prophet under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death.

- Cat Stevens

That ordinance does sound representative of the general attitude that state and local officials have of private property rights, ... No matter where you look, if it`s the suburbs of New York in Lodi, down by the Shore or the Philadelphia suburbs, there are abuses of eminent domain across the state.

- Steven Anderson

Taxpayers have rights they should use when appropriate. But anyone who abuses those rights should understand they can incur significant penalties.

- Kevin Brown

There are several kinds of loans you can get: public and private loans. (The federal government) can give subsidies to encourage companies to lend money. Over the years, those competitive, free-market lenders found ways to take advantage of the law... . There were abuses in the system.

- Andrea Baker

(The segment opened with Kelly saying DeLay is eager for his day in court and a clip of DeLay stating emphatically) I`m innocent, and Earle (Prosecutor Ronnie Earle) knows it. ... our job is to prosecute abuses of power.

- Greg Kelly

I respectfully submit that the alleged abuses by President Clinton do not indicate that he is a danger to the nation, ... Lying to the public and to his cabinet and aids is disgraceful, but if we would impeach all officials who lie about personal or official matters, I fear that the halls of government would be seriously depleted.

- James Hamilton

At the very least, Mr. Gonzales helped to create a permissive environment that made it more likely that abuses would take place.

- Alan Uke

Modern democracy was no doubt the most wholesome and needed reaction against the abuses of absolutism and of a selfish, often corrupt, bureaucracy.

- Alex Culbertson

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.

- Alfred Kugal

Third issue, and again I think it is important to note, anyone can make a mistake and any administration can make a mistake once in a while, but this is just a long train of abuses, an unbroken chain of following special interests rather than the health of the American people.

- Ali Dayih

In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate of disregard for the laws of war.

- Allan Kline

Since January 2002, when the United States began detaining at Guantanamo Bay enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other fronts in the war on terror, critics have complained of human rights abuses.

- Almeda Jacks

There are significant human rights abuses in China. In some areas, the situation is worse today than in the past. In other areas, there have been improvements. We will recognize the latter, and be critical of the former.

- Amanda Merrell

Over the past year, several cases of human rights abuses, specifically sexual exploitation and abuse, by individuals involved in U.N. peacekeeping operations have raised the suspicions of many Members of Congress and members of the International Relations Committee.

- Amanda Weber

But by having a right to dissent and having institutions which protect that right, free societies also have mechanisms to correct those abuses.

- American Council

The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe which serve to support tyrannical governments are not the Christian religion but abuses and corruptions of it.

- Amir Orad

When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country.

- Amir Orad

The only sexual act that is sinful is the one that uses or abuses.

- Amos Winter

All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights.

- Ana Guerriero

Today we ask, `How can a country with such a horrific record of human rights abuses, religious persecution, nuclear proliferation and espionage be deemed normal by any freedom-loving country such as the United States?`

- Armando Vargas

We are very happy with this decision as it demonstrates that the millions of creators who use creative commons licenses are effectively protected against abuses of their willingness to contribute to the commons.

- Austin Eaton III

To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression

- James Madison