"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."

Abuse, Earth, End, Future

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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."

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"I'd never felt so helpless - so hopeless - in my life as I did there. To be completely under someone's power, with no one to turn to for help, to make someone feel like they're at fault for you hurting them . . . I realized that was exactly what I'd done to Carly. That hangs over me every day."

Richelle Mead, American Author

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"Democracy is an abuse of statistics."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

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"Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline."

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"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."

Michael McCaul, American Politician

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"He was going to punish me now. He couldn't beat me up with his old man fists, but he could hurt me with his old man words."

Sherman Alexie, American Writer

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

Mary Frances Berry, American Writer

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"We have copped a lot of ignorant abuse in the past, but it makes you wonder when a former state coroner openly attacks Aboriginal families who have been through hell."

Arthur Murray, American Businessman

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"Rape, mutilation, abuse, and theft are the natural outcome of a world in which force rules, in which human beings are objects."

Chris Hedges, American Journalist

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"Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him."

Douglas Horton, American Clergyman

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"It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it."

Antoine Rivarol, French Journalist

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