Karl Abraham
Psychoanalyst
"The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts."
Assault quotes
Assault
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Anne Sexton
Poet, Author
"Thumbs grow into my throat. I wear slaps like a spot of rouge."
Larry Elder
Political Commentator, Author, Radio Host
"The welfare state is an assault on families."
Plutarch
Philosopher, Historian
"After he routed Pharnaces Ponticus at the first assault, he wrote thus to his friends: "I came, I saw, I conquered."
Emily Dickinson
Poet
"What Soft--Cherubic Creatures-- These Gentlewomen are-- One would as soon assault a Plush-- Or violate a Star"
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"Guerrilla wars, and even more so terrorist assaults, are conducted only by forces with insufficient strength to carry out a real war."
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"Domestic violence and sexual assault go hand in hand."
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