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"The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world."
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"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."
"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."
"You couldn't not notice the bruise on the side of her face. Or the hickey under her chin."
"Rape, mutilation, abuse, and theft are the natural outcome of a world in which force rules, in which human beings are objects."
"Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline."
"Any informed borrower is simply less vulnerable to fraud and abuse."
"But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them."
"To be a prisoner means to be defined as a member of a group for whom the rules of what can be done to you, of what is seen as abuse of you, are reduced as part of the definition of your status."
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"Republicans are manufacturing a Social Security crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Security."
"The parallels between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor are striking. In each instance there were warning signs before the attack, and in each instance our government failed to connect the dots."
"Among seniors, Social Security is the sole source of income for 26 percent of nonmarried women."
"We cannot ignore the disparity in resources that continue to plague many of our school systems, especially those serving predominantly inner-city minority and impoverished children."
"Social Security is a program that should be strengthened and preserved for future generations."
"Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority."
"It is our duty to watch over the actions and activities of this government and to insist that, in words as well as in deeds, the interests of our constituency primarily and of the Nation ultimately are served."
"Social Security makes up a much larger share of total retirement income for unmarried women and minorities than it does for married couples, unmarried men and whites."
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