- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Abuse Of Power Quotes
Sharp words on authority, accountability, and abuse
These abuse of power quotes examine how concentrated authority in hierarchies and government can lead to overreach, a concern also raised in abuse quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's an intolerable abuse of power to have employees who are supposed to be advancing the public interest actually working on political campaigns.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I think having your kids see you role model behavior of dignity when it's hard, when you're upset, when you want to confront somebody but you don't want to and you're nervous about it, when you are having moments where abuse of power is coming on to you. I think it's really important for kids to see how you handle that.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have very close friends who are very devout Catholics, and I talked to them before the 'Da Vinci Code,' and it was very difficult for them, but I talked to them before 'Angels and Demons,' and they said the scandal, abuse of power and violence was part of church history, which you can read about in the Vatican bookstore.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trump's pardon of Arpaio may not get as much attention as Russian influence or Trump's apparent obstruction of justice in the Mueller investigation. But to me, as a woman of color, it is a clear abuse of power for the U.S. president to pardon a sheriff who targeted people for arrest because of their ethnicity.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every American, regardless of their background, has the right to live free of unwarranted government intrusion. Repealing the worst provisions of the Patriot Act will reign in this gross abuse of power and restore to everyone our basic Constitutional rights.
- Concentrated
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- Nov 07, 2020
Studies do show that in hierarchical structures, you do get more harassment. There's more power concentrated at the top, which means there's more abuse of power concentrated at the top. And every TV show is very much a hierarchy.
- Allegations
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- Nov 07, 2020