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"The problem with depicting abusers as full-time monsters is that when a person is actually experiencing abuse in their own life, they'll think 'oh but he's the sweetest guy most of the time so he can't be an abuser ' or 'but he's not ALWAYS horrible, he's usually amazing, so he's not an abuser', and they'll make the mistake of thinking they mustn't really be being abused when they actually are."

"Substance abuse is a disease which doesn't go away overnight. I'm working hard to overcome it. I did fail my recent drug test. I'm prepared to face the consequences."

"The military is trying very hard right now to put a better face on Guantanamo, and I think they actually have tried to rid some of the extreme versions of abuse that we have read about."

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

"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."

"The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world."

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

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

"You couldn't not notice the bruise on the side of her face. Or the hickey under her chin."

"I believe the best service to the child is the service closest to the child, and children who are victims of neglect, abuse, or abandonment must not also be victims of bureaucracy. They deserve our devoted attention, not our divided attention."
Explore more quotes by Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana

"It is only when we first do what we are SUPPOSED to do, that we set ourselves to be successful at what we WANT to do."

"When your world gets stripped down to nothing you may feel empty and naked-but this is when your space can be filled with what is new, and maybe even upgraded."

"Everyone comes into your life to give you something even if it might as if he/she is taking something from you."

"The older I get the more I realize that the only permanent thing in life is what we have within us."
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