Domestic Violence Quotes - Page 3

• Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.

  Eric Idle

  Sticks, May, Stones

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• Domestic violence does not only happen to adults. Forty percent of girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend, and approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and sexually abused by a dating partner.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Girl, School, Knowing

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• But think about how evil that is for one man to think that he's actually more valuable than a woman, because as a human being your worth is immeasurable.

  Terry Crews

  Thinking, Men, Evil

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• It is impossible to correct abuses unless we know that theyre going on.

  Julian Assange

  Abuse, Wikileaks, Impossible

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• Often things are as bad as they seem.

  Sheldon B. Kopp

  Violence, Seems

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• ...after all, who isn't a survivor from the wreck of childhood?

  Nicole Krauss

  Childhood, Survivor, Wrecks

  Nicole Krauss (2011). “Great House”, p.212, Penguin UK

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• It's not enough for women to speak out on the issue - for the message to be strong and consistent, women's voices must be backed up by men's.

  John Conyers

  Strong, Men, Speaks Out

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• I will also continue to fight to provide better economic security for victims of domestic violence.

  Lucille Roybal-Allard

  Fighting, Economic, Victim

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• What I want people to take from this is that it isn't simple. People judge you, people tell you what you should do. You do the best you can.

  Rosie Batty

  Simple, People, Judging

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• Growing up in a small Alaska town, domestic violence was that dirty little secret nobody talked about. We must start talking about it. For too long, we have been providing protection to the wrong people.

  Lisa Murkowski

  Growing Up, Dirty, Alaska

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• The best protection against rape, stalking, and domestic violence is to raise men who both understand that women are different, and would never dare take advantage of this difference.

  Wendy Shalit

  Men, Differences, Different

  Wendy Shalit (2000). “A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue”, p.44, Simon and Schuster

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• The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.

  Lois Lowry

  Lonely, Pain, Memories

  Lois Lowry (2014). “The Giver Movie Tie-In Edition”, p.193, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.

  Cary Grant

  Family, Running, Insanity

  "Fictional character: Mortimer Brewster". "Arsenic and Old Lace", www.imdb.com. 1944.

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• The biggest challenge is to convince a woman that it's not her fault. My daughter is 25; my stepdaughter is 22. As a mother, I want them to know that if a boyfriend is abusive, you cannot ignore it ?- 'Oh, he's been drinking,' or 'He had a bad day.' There is no excuse for a man hitting a woman. Ever.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Mother, Daughter, Drinking

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• You have the right to your own ideas and opinions, to make your own decisions, and to have things go your way at times. Stand up for those rights.

  Beverly Engel

  Rights, Ideas, Decision

  Beverly Engel, 'Yrgie Engel (1994). “Encouragements for the Emotionally Abused Woman: Wisdom and Hope for Women at Any Stage of Emotional Abuse Recovery”, Fawcett

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• My wife is my best friend. The thought that people are afraid to go home to their partners for fear of being abused physically or emotionally makes me feel sick. It's not easy but you need to get help and get out.

  Shane Filan

  Home, Sick, Wife

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• Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture.

  Charlotte Bunch

  Racism, Against Violence, Culture

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• It's so important to raise awareness of this problem that continues to affect 1 in 4 women at some point in their lifetime, regardless of career, wealth or background.

  Anna Friel

  Careers, Important, Wealth

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• There's no such thing as "just a domestic".

  Patrick Stewart

  Violence

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• I spend my time on Crimewatch appealing for criminals on the run. Domestic violence is one of the few crimes I can think of where the victim is often forced to go on the run.

  Fiona Bruce

  Running, Thinking, Criminals

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• I think we're at a time where people just want to join together and cause change. People don't want to live like this any more.

  Charlize Theron

  Thinking, People, Together

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• There are many women in their late teens and early twenties who have either experienced violence in a relationship or have witnessed it at home in their childhood.

  Miquita Oliver

  Home, Childhood, Twenties

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• For too many women pregnancy is just the start of loneliness and abuse. It is a cruel reality.

  Fay Ripley

  Loneliness, Pregnancy, Reality

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• It's a subject that is often hidden and very secretive, but it's something which I feel should have a light shone upon it.

  Fern Britton

  Light, Should Have, Feels

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• Although I haven't experienced violence in a relationship, I know that two women every week in England and Wales are killed by their partner or ex-partner, and that unless we act now, many more women will die because of domestic violence. We must speak out now against all forms of domestic violence, not only physical abuse but also the emotional, sexual and financial abuse which means that many women are afraid to be at home with their partner.

  Jemma Kidd

  Mean, Home, Emotional

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