Quotes about abuse

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.

— James Baldwin

A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.

— Samuel Johnson

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

— H. L. Mencken

It's not a slam at you when people are rude -- it's a slam at the people they've met before.

— Source Unknown

Silence is the rapist's greatest weapon.

— Lawrence D. Elliott

Disbelief is a cruel after-effect of rape. It's also the trump card of the rapist. The burden is all too often placed on the victim, not the perpetrator. Those who are raped are asked what they did to provoke the incident, instead of discussing what the rapist actually did.

— Lawrence D. Elliott