Patricia Espinosa quotes

“A recent government survey found that 47 percent of all women report being the victims of either physical, emotional, sexual or economic violence. But 84 percent of those who are victims of domestic violence remain silent.”
-- Patricia Espinosa

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“The emotional reaction in the peak experience has a special flavor of wonder, of awe, of reverence, of humility and surrender before the experience as before something great.”

“I don't have anything against my mom, but my family has no emotional connection to each other.”

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“Humility is born of the spirit, humiliation of the ego.”

“I've never needed government to hold my hand.”

Source : Song: Country Boy, Album: Town Line, 2011

“The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.”

“As the duties of superintending the national defense and of securing the public peace against foreign or domestic violence involve a provision for casualties and dangers to which no possible limits can be assigned, the power of making that provision ought to know no other bounds than the exigencies of the nation and the resources of the community.”

“Nowhere in the world is a woman safe from violence. The strengthening of global commitment to counteract this plague is a movement whose time has come.”

“Emotional abuse is like being continuously kicked in the shins. It can be worse than getting one punch in the face, and it cements itself.”

“There is one universal truth, applicable to all countries, cultures and communities: violence against women is never acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable.”

“The very definition of news is something that hardly ever happens. If an incident is in the news, we shouldn't worry about it. It's when something is so common that its no longer news - car crashes, domestic violence - that we should worry.”