Top 1200 Sex Abuse Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

It is ordinarily said that criminal law is designed to protect property and to protect persons, and if society's only interest in controlling sex behavior were to protect persons, then the criminal codes concerned with assault and battery should provide adequate protection. The fact that there is a body of sex laws which is apart from the laws protecting persons is evidence of their distinct function, namely that of protecting custom.

If anyone wants to abuse other people for whatever colour, race or creed they are, then it's just stupidness, isn't it?

Obviously, following my convictions has come at a personal price, but they are important enough that I have been willing to endure the abuse.

I don't believe in getting clothes that just look pretty or that'll fall apart—they have to stand up to a lot of abuse.

Wrestling hurts. Your body's not meant to take that abuse. I've closed that door, but I don't know that I've locked it for good.

You simply collapsed, sir. In layman's terms, your body revoked its permission for you to continue heaping abuse upon it.

I read recently in an article by G.K. Chesterton, that sex without gestation and parturition is like blowing the trumpets and waving the flags without doing any of the fighting. From a woman such words, though displaying inexperience, might come with dignity; from a man they are an unforgivable, intolerable insult. What is man's part in sex but a perpetual waving of flags and blowing of trumpets and avoidance of the fighting?

By starving our children of men, we have made them more vulnerable to the very abuse we are trying to prevent.

To inflict cruelties on defenceless creatures, or condone such acts, is to abuse one of the cardinal tenets of a civilized society - reverence for life.

I think no matter what, science can provide a force for good, fundamentally. Over time, like all things, it's open to abuse.

I'm against suppression of pornography. If you suppress guns - yes; if you want to suppress poverty - yes. These are the obscenities, the real brutalization of people. I am almost more outraged by ads for blue jeans or cars that sort of blatantly depict women not only as sex objects, but women that look younger than the age of consent, looking like they've just been raped or asking to be raped-utterly passive sex objects.

There is a time when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw reverence nor obtain protection.

Democracy sometimes appears paralyzed by those who take advantage of its freedoms in order to abuse them for undemocratic ends.

We know of officers who develop inappropriate relationships with victims of domestic abuse. They have ignored their professional duty and their moral responsibility.

More often than not, what animals require our protection from is not hurricanes or fires, but abuse at the hands of other people.

With the abuse, and wear and tear the body takes in this career, it's ridiculous to put in that time and effort and have nothing to show for it.

Slavery, racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry, subordination, and human rights abuse transform and adapt with the times.

Lesbian and gay people are a permanent part of the American workforce, who currently have no protection from the arbitrary abuse of their rights on the job.

From the moment you decide to go somewhere, until the time you return, there are about 47 different points of abuse that are awaiting you.

So much progress has been made with topics like mental illness and drug abuse and sexual identity.

Now, I'm for interracial marriage. I'm for same-sex marriage. I'm the one that introduced the bill to have same-sex marriage. I don't care who marry who. If a man meet a little mule and he wanna get married to the little mule, as long as he and the little mule get along all right, that's fine with me. It doesn't bother me any kind of way.

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.

If you think a caregiver has an active substance abuse problem, that person should never be entrusted with your child.

Gentle mockery or sharp satire aimed at Christians and their leaders have been replaced by abuse of Christianity itself.

Spread and participate in culture. Remix, reuse, use, abuse. Make sure no one controls your mind.

All of us have far too much to do to waste our time and energies in criticism, faultfinding, or the abuse of others.

Same-sex marriage confuses the balance that God created when he created male and female. He created a balance, where both sides would bring something to the table that would reflect the uniqueness of the creation. There is no reflection of the uniqueness of creation in same-sex marriage.

I like trolls. Some trolling I find very entertaining. The sheer abuse can be hilarious, and so random and absurd.

Whenever society begins to create policies and laws rooted in fear and anger, there will be abuse and injustice.

You'd think that in this age, especially in the 21st century - especially with all the technology and all the discoveries that we've made - that we would figure out how to tackle abuse.

As long as your abuser has you scared, you will stay in the cycle of abuse. Thinking of solutions helps you to escape.

It's an intolerable abuse of power to have employees who are supposed to be advancing the public interest actually working on political campaigns.

We punk fans have so much energy to give to the fight against injustice, i.e. the abuse of the poor by the rich, i.e. climate change.

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.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12.

I am so leading the life that I want and wanted and dreamed of as a kid. I'm trying very hard not to abuse it or take advantage of it.

I think there are so many unmaiden roles for women. I've been lucky enough to play girls with lots of different attitudes about sex. There's a couple other movies at Sundance that also show sex in a different way. That's exciting. I actually don't think women are being pigeonholed right now, and I like that. It's showing that men and women - when it comes down to it, we're animals, aren't we? I know how my next-door neighbors feel about it, and I hope they're enjoying it.

There should be a class on drugs. There should be a class on sex education-a real sex education class-not just pictures and diaphragms and 'un-logical' terms and things like that.....there should be a class on scams, there should be a class on religious cults, there should be a class on police brutality, there should be a class on apartheid, there should be a class on racism in America, there should be a class on why people are hungry, but there are not, there are classes on gym, physical education, let's learn volleyball.

I try to attack all races and creeds, except the Irish. Clearly they are closest to the angels and don't deserve abuse. But the others have it coming.

Places like Wrexham and Southport, when there are not that many people there, were tough. You are a young lad, and you're having abuse hurled at you.

As a former victim of childhood sexual abuse, my position is unwavering when it comes to speaking out against the hypersexualization of our children.

The world is full of double beds And most delightful maidenheads, Which being so, there's no excuse For sodomy or self-abuse.

Being a mother of two little girls, it was an absolute nightmare for me to teach them about sexual abuse.

Every good movement passes through five stages, indifference, ridicule, abuse, repression, and respect.

Like any extraordinary power, surveillance provides temptations for abuse, such as tracking political opponents and journalists.

THE most widespread form of child abuse in the United States is parents sending children to the government to be educated.

Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.

Freedom requires that government keep the channels of competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic abuse and domination.

No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute.

Without public pressure from caring people, our lawsuits will not be enough to stop this widespread abuse.

Child abuse is a heinous and personally damaging crime; it is therefore incumbent on the Church to treat such matters with the utmost seriousness.

Unconscious behavior is at the core. Think of the 40 billion animals we abuse and eat who are born into suffering. It's a karmic disaster.

Not the brightest gem in the jewelry shop, but you've got to admire his single-minded dedication to drug abuse.

I know from personal experience that the abuse of prisoners will produce more bad than good intelligence.

I want people to realize that the domestic abuse charges happened in 1989. I didn't meet any of them until 1993.

Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we're not vigilant.

I grew up in a situation of extreme abuse, but there was no chance to talk about it, so music became the escape if you like.

Is discipline (both mental and physical) in place of coddling truly child abuse? I don't know, but it sure as hell is effective.

Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?

We have long noted Pelosi's abuse of the perks of public office that granted her access to luxury military travel.