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One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. -- Aldous Huxley
I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation I felt. -- Robert Cormier
Be sure of yourself, don't let anyone bully you, be a strong and independent woman or boy. -- Nicole Polizzi
A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone. -- Robert Kiyosaki
I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max. -- John Lydon
I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me. -- Conrad Black
Bullies are always cowards. -- Swami Vivekananda
Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right. -- Theodore Roosevelt
Bully for you, chilly for me, got to get a raincheck on pain. -- David Bowie
I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism. -- Jeb Bush
It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office. -- William Weld
Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey. -- Anna Julia Cooper
But contrary to what some people seem to think, I was never a bully. I was just a hard man. -- Roger Daltrey
Fighting means you could lose. Bullying means you can't. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn't want to fight somebody. -- Andrew Vachss
Bullies are masters at holding others responsible for their misbehavior. Instead of claiming "the devil made me do it", they argue "You made me do it". -- Sam Horn
The best indicator of a sociopath serial bully is not a clinical diagnosis but the trail of devastation and destruction of lives and livelihoods surrounding this individual throughout their life. -- Tim Field
If you let a bully come in your front yard, he'll be on your porch the next day and the day after that he'll rape your wife in your own bed. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
Remember, I'm the kind of kid who used to get stuffed into a locker by school bullies. I've never felt like I'm a big star at any level of my life. -- Winona Ryder
Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realize you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully. -- Marjorie Holmes
America will not pretend that jailed dissidents prefer their chains, or that women welcome humiliation and servitude, or that any human being aspires to live at the mercy of bullies.... ...Liberty will come to those who love it. -- George W. Bush
When you're a young actor you like to go for characters with a bit of flair, so in many films I ended up playing the weirdos. I can assure you I'm not a psycho or a criminal or a bully. -- Kiefer Sutherland
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly. -- Jim Rohn
He lunged again. This time I stood my ground and he checked his leap at the last second....and toppled sideways. I didn't hide my laugh that time. His face twisted fast, grabbed my pajama leg and wrenched, and down I went. "Bully -- Kelley Armstrong
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I do not want our children and grandchildren to live in a world where everyday they fear some regional strongman with weapons of mass destruction. We need to send a message to these future would-be bullies: you will not be allowed to threaten the world. -- George Voinovich
The real truth is that the Obama administration is professional at bullying, as we have witnessed with ACORN at work during the presidential campaign. It seems to me they are sending down their bullies to create fist fights among average American citizens who don't want a government-run health care plan forced upon them. -- Jon Voight
There really is no difference between the bully and the victim. -- Lady Gaga
I realized that bullying never has to do with you. It's the bully who's insecure. -- Shay Mitchell
Everyone in America likely has a bullying story, whether as the victim, bully or as a witness. -- Michael M. Honda
When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first. -- Tom Hiddleston
I don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American about using the brute force of government to bully someone. -- Rand Paul
This question: 'How do I deal with a bully without becoming a thug in return?' has been with me ever since I was a child. -- Scilla Elworthy
Bullies want to abuse you. Instead of allowing that, you can use them as your personal motivators. Power up and let the bully eat your dust. -- Nick Vujicic
If you have to lie, cheat, steal, obstruct and bully to get your point across, it must not be a point capable of surviving on its own merits. -- Steven Weber
I am all for cracking down on inappropriate digital behaviour. Too often the connected world is an excuse for some coward hiding behind a keyboard to bully someone else. -- Tony Parsons
I was kind of a bully, even though I'm tiny, 5' 2". As a child, I'd boss other kids around and dress my little brother up, just putting on shows, singing and dressing up. -- Nicole Beharie
People talk about bullying, but you can be your own bully in some ways. You can be the person who is standing in the way of your success, and that was the case for me. -- Katy Perry
Not everyone has been a bully or the victim of bullies, but everyone has seen bullying, and seeing it, has responded to it by joining in or objecting, by laughing or keeping silent, by feeling disgusted or feeling interested. -- Octavia E. Butler
Kids should speak to each other. They're horrid to each other online, they bully each other - they should shut up and stop it. The problem with social media is there is too much freedom. It's too much, too young. -- Cara Delevingne
I grew up watching 'Superman.' As a child, when I first learned to dive into a swimming pool, I wasn't diving, I was flying, like Superman. I used to dream of rescuing a girl I had a crush on from a playground bully. -- Tom Hiddleston
The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else. -- Seth Godin
Ever since the collapse of cap and trade legislation and the realization that President Obama is unlikely to ever utter the words 'climate change' in public again, much less use the bully pulpit to prepare the nation for the catastrophic risks of inaction, the movement has been in a funk. -- Jeff Goodell
Let me get you to understand I don't bully anybody. I stand up for what I believe in and I'm very honest and I always tell the truth. I'm not a liar, I'm not manipulative and I don't stab you in your back because I will stab you in your chest. -- NeNe Leakes
I haven't personally experienced bullying, but when I was in high school, I had a best friend who became a bully. I took a stand and took it upon myself to separate from her. I couldn't be associated with her because it wasn't the type of person I wanted to be. -- Amber Riley
Sometimes it's easy to see the negative side of things or question why people bully you. You could think, 'Maybe they're right. Maybe I'm not worth it. Maybe I should just quit.' But that's when you should fight the hardest. Now I don't mean fight physically, but mentally. Keep being you. -- Raini Rodriguez
Sorrow can be a bully. -- Amy Waldman
It's the bully who is insecure. -- Shay Mitchell
The White House is a bully pulpit. -- Theodore Roosevelt
A placated bully is a hand-fed bully. -- Edna Ferber
I did bully somebody. I was insecure. -- Matt Lauria
Don't you bully me with your politeness! -- Yann Martel
I never caught on to being a bully. -- Nick Nolte
Birds of a lawless, bigoted feather bully together. -- Michelle Malkin
weakness is a great bully without knowing it ... -- Margaret Deland
There's only one thing a bully respected: bigger bully. -- Lisa Kleypas
Donald Trump is a bully who thrives on division. -- Katrina vanden Heuvel
There's no need to bully; be kind to unwind! -- AnnaSophia Robb
You canâ??t have a bully without a victim. -- Larry Winget
If you see a bully, stand up to him. -- Hillary Clinton
It's always good to get the bully back one day. -- Jonny Gomes
The truth is a bully we all pretend to like -- Gregory David Roberts
I was a class clown, but I'm not a bully. -- Kevin Dillon
Toughness is not being a bully, it's having a backbone. -- Robert Kiyosaki
The bully and the victim never quite forget their first relations. -- E. M. Forster
Neptune controls Pluto's orbit. Neptune is the bully of that neighborhood. -- Mike Brown
The unsuccessful bully can always become the father of a family. -- Rebecca West
I am who I am, but I am not a bully, -- Chris Christie
I don't understand why or how we can bully each other. -- Aurora Aksnes
A bully is not reasonable - he is persuaded only by threats. -- Marie de France
I did not wanted to become the victim, so became the bully. -- Tupac Shakur
People who need to bully you are the easiest to push around. -- Douglas Adams
A brave man is sometimes a desperado: a bully is always a coward. -- Thomas Chandler Haliburton
A bully can only make you feel bad about yourself if you let them. -- David Walliams
I bully myself cause I make me do what I put my mind to. -- Eminem
Yes, Haven, most of us enjoy preaching, and Ive got such a bully pulpit! -- Theodore Roosevelt
You know what really shuts up a bully? Learning how to build a pipe-bomb! -- Daniel Tosh
Never bully anyone because Karma has everyoneâ??s address and a motherf**king stamp! -- Lady Gaga
Planned Parenthood is a gigantic bully, using Komen as its own personal punching bag, -- Karen Handel
A bully hides his fears with fake bravado. That is the opposite of self-assertiveness. -- Nathaniel Branden
He's a bully. I love bullies. They have such big, shiny red buttons to push. -- Carrie Vaughn
A bully fights people littler and weaker than he is because he thinks it's fun. -- Tamora Pierce
I don't think someone should try to bully and insult their way to the presidency. -- Hillary Clinton
'The bully pulpit' is somewhat diminished in our age of fragmented attention and fragmented media. -- Doris Kearns Goodwin
No need to bully, start fights, talk trash, or hate on anyone because they are different. -- Mateus Ward
It would be disrespectful to take my stardom and bully my way into the fashion industry. -- ASAP Rocky
Japan is a bully nation that takes what it wants and threatens any who oppose it. -- Paul Watson
Government's power to bully people who have broken no law is dangerous to all of us. -- Thomas Sowell
I know I'm not a bully and everybody has their opinions and that's fine with me. -- NeNe Leakes
Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies. -- Alexander Pope
Punch after punch after punch. February is a mean bully. Nothing could be worse - except August. -- Katherine Paterson
One bully changing their behavior for the better can have a profound effect on many, many lives. -- Hunter King
Actually I feel sorry for the bully because they probably don't have love and support at home. -- Josh Flitter
Everyone has the bully or the mean girl or the ex-boyfriend who tried to bring them down. -- Demi Lovato
Donald [Trump] has had a long career of using great wealth and power trying to bully others. -- Ted Cruz
Far off, men swell, bully, and threaten; bring them hand to hand, and they are feeble folk. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is like a bully that gets laughs by seeing how much humiliation you'll put up with. -- Michael Sullivan
When men set out to kill and bully, they dress up. Suit of armor. Combat boots. Uniform. -- Timothy Leary
Amazon has historically been a bully, and I don't shop there. But I love Goodreads. For the record. -- Edan Lepucki
I think if you have the opportunity to bully your opponent then you have to take that chance. -- Venus Williams
If you're secure in yourself, and even if you're not secure in yourself, you don't need to bully. -- Joan Jett
A bully is fighting out of a need to dominate. And is usually unwilling to take the consequences. -- Keith Olbermann
More guns! Weren't they supposed to just use bully clubs in England? Where had she been getting her information? -- Shannon Hale
John McCain is a liar and flip-flopper and panderer and bully and whiner. And it seems to be working -- Michael Tomasky
America is a mere bully, from one end to the other, and the Bostonians by far the greatest bullies. -- Thomas Gage
Show me the man who has enjoyed his schooldays and I will show you a bully and a bore. -- Robert Morley
I don't want to intimidate people. There's nothing bullyish about me, you know. If there's anybody who's anti-bully, it's me. -- Dave Bautista
When I was 10, I beat up the school bully. His arms were in casts. That's what gave me the courage. -- Emo Philips
To me, I definitely stand in the corner of wanting to give voice to the bullied, and not the bully. -- Mike White
But they were going to war anyway and they were going to bully and pressure countries to vote for it. -- Clare Short
Cullen was a bully. Bullies are cowards. You plant your feet and stay calm, they don't know what to do. -- Eric Plume
Is Mitt Romney a bully? And the answer is, no... He does not have a vicious bone in his body. -- Kerry Healey
I never felt out of control. It was just the way I lived my life. I was the neighborhood bully. -- Johnny Ramone
When people bully us, we are complicit in it in some way. We do allow it to happen to some extent. -- Martin Freeman
Unpersecuted, unjailed, unharrassed writers are trouble for the ignorant bully, the sly racist, and the predators feeding off the world's resources. -- Toni Morrison
I don't know any skinny people who bully fat people. I just know skinny people who use fat people for rides. -- Felipe Esparza
A true warrior can only serve others, not himself...When you become a mercenary, you're just a bully with a gun. -- Evan Wright
God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards. -- Walt Whitman
Basil Fawlty was an easy character for me. For some reason, portraying a mean uptight incompetent bully comes naturally to me. -- John Cleese
I've realized that you become a bully if you are just watching someone get bullied and you don't say anything. Speak up! -- Emma Roberts
You know, what we do know is that there is a high frequency of violence in the home of those who bully. -- Phil McGraw

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