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Abuse Quotes - Page 15

Power can be very addictive, and it can be corrosive. And it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere.

"Bush: Power Can Be Addictive, Corrosive; Media Should Call Out Those Who Abuse Their Power" by Ian Schwartz, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 27, 2017.

Nothing is so wearing as the possession or abuse of liberty.

"History and Utopia". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.

Ritalin abuse is a big issue in the US.

"Snort story" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2002.

I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety.

"Christmas Carol" by Hephzibah Anderson, www.theguardian.com. December 3, 2005.

If I'd had fame early on, I'd have been able to abuse it in the way that a young man should.

"Frankenstein: Man or monster?" by Maddy Costa, www.theguardian.com. January 17, 2011.

Nor aught so good but strained from that fair use, Revolts from true birth stumbling on abuse.

William Shakespeare (2009). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.51, Palgrave Macmillan

Abuse is an indirect species of homage.

William Hazlitt, William Ernest Henley (1904). “The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Fugitive writings”

My confidence is that there will for a long time be virtue and good sense enough in our countrymen to correct abuses.

Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies from the papers of T. Jefferson”

I had a psychotic break that was brought on by alcohol and drug abuse.

"Scott Stapp: Bipolar Disease, Drugs Fueled 'Psychotic Break'" by Daniel Kreps, www.rollingstone.com. May 13, 2015.