quotes about Domestic Violence
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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.
-- Alexander Hamilton -
If anyone hits me, they can expect to be hit back, and harder. I never turn the other cheek because in my experience that doesn't work.
-- Alice Bag -
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 -
These women need to feel that we're all aware of what they may be going through, to give them the confidence to speak out.
-- Anna Friel -
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When food becomes scarce, refugees often turn to desperate measures to feed themselves and their families. We are particularly worried about the health of the refugee population, domestic violence and refugees resorting to illegal employment or even to prostitution, just to put enough food on the table.
-- Antonio Guterres -
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.
-- Asha-Rose Migiro -
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.
-- Ashley Banjo -
There is one universal truth, applicable to all countries, cultures and communities: violence against women is never acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable.
-- Ban Ki-moon -
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The Violence Against Women Act protects the lives of tens of thousands of domestic violence victims. But the U.S. must also support gender equality around the world, and that means acknowledging that some nations we consider to be our friends are no friends to women.
-- Barbara Boxer -
Emotional abuse is any type of abuse that is not physical in nature. It can include everything from verbal abuse to the silent treatment, domination to subtle manipulation.
-- Beverly EngelSource : "Emotionally Abused Women". Interview with David Roberts, www.healthyplace.com.
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Victims of domestic violence need assistance and deserve justice, I commend the crime unit's efforts to put offenders behind bars and reach out to victims.
-- Bob Riley -
I am a survivor of domestic violence,
-- Brooke AxtellSource : "Katy Perry Just Gave an Incredibly Moving Grammys Performance" by Sally Holmes, www.elle.com. February 9, 2015.
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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.
-- Bruce Schneier -
Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.
-- Candice Bergen -
We can all take responsibility for helping to bring about change, and keeping our friends and colleagues safe from domestic violence
-- Charles Clarke -
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 -
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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 -
It is suggested that in domestic violence at least the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of weapon, is of far less importance to the outcome than the passion generated in the attacker. The man who has lost control will cause serious injuries in many cases, quite irrespective of the weapon he uses and regardless of the certainty of detections and punishment.
-- Colin Greenwood -
Growing up, I thought my grandfather was dead. Later, I learned he was alive, but my family pretended he didn't exist because of the terrible way he'd abused my grandmother and my mother. He did things like shave my grandmother's head and lock her in a closet. With my mother's help, my grandmother finally left him.
-- Deborah Pryce -
Women initiate most domestic violence, yet out of a thousand cases of domestic violence, maybe one is involving a man. And this has made a victim of culture out of women.
-- Dov Charney -
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The rule of thumb is that if someone is able to be verbally or physically abusive, he or she is able to understand that the behavior is wrong.
-- Edward T WelchSource : Edward T. Welch (1998). “Blame It on the Brain?: Distinguishing Chemical Imbalances, Brain Disorders, and Disobedience”, Presbyterian & Reformed Publishing Company
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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.
-- Eric IdleSource : Stephen Fry (2011). “Moab Is My Washpot”, p.101, Soho Press
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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 -
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 -
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Domestic violence and sexual assault go hand in hand.
-- Georgia Taylor -
My niece was a sexual-assault victim. My sister is a survivor of domestic violence. We have more shelters for animals than for battered women. That's not the message we should be sending.
-- Hilda Solis -
The sexual abuse and exploitation of children is one of the most vicious crimes conceivable, a violation of mankind's most basic duty to protect the innocent.
-- James T. Walsh -
... you don't have to wait for someone to treat you bad repeatedly. All it takes is once, and if they get away with it that once, if they know they can treat you like that, then it sets the pattern for the future.
-- Jane GreenSource : Jane Green (2002). “Bookends: A Novel”, p.188, Broadway Books
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There were no hundreds and hundreds of cases of domestic violence. I would have no knowledge of that or have any idea how I would authenticate that. That was never the intent of the writer's conversation with me.
-- Jerry Angelo -
The Violence Against Women Act has been a true bipartisan success story since it was first enacted in 1994. In my home state of Texas alone, its programs have helped hundreds of thousands of victims to break free from the terrible cycle of domestic violence.
-- John Cornyn -
It is difficult to get Latina and Asian women to speak out. We must make it clear it's not their problem, it's our problem. We need magazines like this one to keep talking about the issue. And know that we women in Congress are with you 100 percent.
-- Juanita Millender-McDonald -
Real confidence comes from knowing and accepting yourself- your strengths and your limitations -in contrast to depending on affirmation from others.
-- Judith M Bardwick -
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The time when domestic violence is the most lethal is when the person is trying to leave the situation.
-- Julie Johnston -
Believe in yourself and be proud of who you are. Don't let anyone tell you differently. There is beauty in everyone and no one should stop you from growing into a confident and strong young person.
-- June Sarpong -
Women trapped in violent relationships need to know that there's no shame in talking out and walking out on their abusive partners.
-- Kate Thornton -
Many survivors insist they're not courageous: 'If I were courageous I would have stopped the abuse.' 'If I were courageous, I wouldn't be scared'...Most of us have it mixed up. You don't start with courage and then face fear. You become courageous because you face your fear.
-- Laura Davies -
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[Domestic violence is] a carefully laid physical, financial and psychological trap.
-- Leslie Morgan Steiner -
It's incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is: kill her.
-- Leslie Morgan Steiner -
I did not know that the first step in any domestic violence relationship is to seduce and charm the victim. I also did not know that the second step is to isolate the victim. The next step in the domestic violence pattern is to introduce the threat of violence and see how she reacts. We victims know something you [non-victims] usually don't. It's incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is to 'kill her'. Over 70% of domestic violence murders happens after the victim has ended the relationship.
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...those serpents! There's no pleasing them!
-- Lewis Carroll -
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Pregnant women are more likely to die from homicide by domestic violence than any other cause of death.
-- Lois Capps -
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
-- Lord Chesterfield -
Nearly one in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. And slightly more than half of female victims of domestic violence live in households with children under age 12.
-- Lucille Roybal-Allard -
To help break the cycle of domestic violence, we must allow survivors to take time off from work without fear of losing their job, to go to court, to see a doctor or to find a safe place to live.
-- Lucille Roybal-Allard -
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I will also continue to fight to provide better economic security for victims of domestic violence.
-- Lucille Roybal-Allard -
I represent an affluent district, but when I worked to form my county's first battered-women's shelter, some nights there were no beds left. Violence against women crosses all economic lines.
-- Lynn Woolsey -
I lived in Complexo do Alemao until I was 12, dealt with domestic violence in my childhood and faced difficulties in life.
-- Maria das Gracas Silva Foster -
Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.
-- Mariska Hargitay -
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It's still hard for me to talk about the day I visited a shelter for children who were victims of a domestic-violence household. The kinds of abuse they had suffered, and what it had done to them physically and emotionally ?- I don't have words for what I saw. This has to stop.
-- Michael Dean Crapo -
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 -
The Hideout is here to help you get through today and tomorrow. Be brave. It's not your fault. Remember, the road will get smoother and there is always hope that tomorrow will be better.
-- Naomi Wilkinson -
Hey ladies, I'm willing to do my part to end domestic violence by posting a selfie online. Some might call me a hero
-- Nev Schulman -
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...after all, who isn't a survivor from the wreck of childhood?
-- Nicole KraussSource : Nicole Krauss (2011). “Great House”, p.212, Penguin UK
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So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone.
-- Pamela Stephenson -
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 -
There's no such thing as "just a domestic".
-- Patrick Stewart -
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Domestic violence is the front line of the war against women.
-- Pearl Cleage -
When you're trapped in an abusive home environment you can feel completely hopeless and lost. Remember that situations can change with time, and that it won't be this way forever.
-- Reggie Yates -
All marriages are sacred, but not all are safe.
-- Rob Jackson -
The more that we choose not to talk about domestic violence, the more we shy away from the issue, the more we lose.
-- Russell Wilson -
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No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.
-- Salma Hayek -
This is not love. It is a crime... You can't look the other way just because you have not experienced domestic violence with your own flesh.
-- Salma Hayek -
Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.
-- Samuel Griswold Goodrich -
The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colours and lives in many different communities.
-- Sandra Pupatello -
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Unfortunately, many children throughout the UK witness violence in the family home. Let's stand up for those children. Domestic violence needs to stop.
-- Shaun Wright-Phillips -
One of the most basic things we can do is let the men in our lives know it's not okay to mistreat a woman.
-- Tim McGrawSource : "Tim McGraw Standing Up Against Violence", www.nashville.com.
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I was shocked to find out that 1 in 4 women are affected by domestic violence at some point in their lifetime. So many women never tell anyone that they are being abused by their partner. I have joined the 'Real Man' Women's Aid campaign to show that real men don't abuse women and that a real man will always stand up against domestic violence.
-- Ugo Monye -
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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 ShalitSource : Wendy Shalit (2000). “A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue”, p.44, Simon and Schuster
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Domestic violence isn't funny, especially if you live together.
-- Dov Davidoff -
I don't know how I can feel safe with Donald Trump, who bragged about sexual assault having the most power of anyone in America, maybe the world. What does that say to every child, to every person who has been sexually assaulted, to every person in a domestic-violence situation, to anybody who has to report that kind of crime?
-- Jennifer PoznerSource : Source: www.mtv.com
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A lot of people think that domestic violence is if someone hits, kicks, [or] punches you.
-- Robin McGraw -
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I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.
-- Tatum O'Neal -
Domestic violence refers to acts of violence (physical, sexual, emotional and psychological) that occur between people who have, or have had, an intimate relationship. It tends to involve an ongoing pattern of behaviour aimed at controlling a partner through fear.
-- Unknown -
My mother and I are big domestic violence advocates.
-- Brandon MarshallSource : Source: www.ebony.com
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This is about saving children's lives. It is not about agencies and services protecting themselves.
-- Rosie Batty -
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Children have very little voice, and the coroner's inquest is about Luke's voice, and making sure Luke is heard and respected and honoured. I don't want him to have died in vain.
-- Rosie Batty -
I never want anyone to be sitting where I'm sitting and to have lost their son, because I can never get Luke back.
-- Rosie Batty -
What we want is to make sure that people don't go through what I'm going through ... and we have to understand that even since Luke's death, children have been killed.
-- Rosie Batty