“The defense focuses on the actions of [the victim]. Don't you know that's why a lot of rape victims don't come forward?”
David Hilburn
“Pregnant rape victims are essentially assaulted twice. First by the perpetrators who raped them, and then by officials who ignore them, insult them and deny them a legal abortion.”
Kenneth Roth
“By not coming forward (about rape), you make yourself a victim forever”
Kelly McGillis
“You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.”
Harriet Woods
“It is deplorable, but not tragic, simply to be a victim of circumstance. Sheer victimization is not an assertion - and it naturally makes not for vision but for frustration. The victimizing circumstances, or accidents, seem arbitrary and exorbitant, even silly.”
Kenneth Burke
“He is a smooth talker. Victims always said they were spoken to by a clear, intelligent-sounding adult made who came across as educated.”
Bill Wilson
“In all the years I've been doing victims' advocacy, I've never had a victim call me and say they were relieved and gratified that the man that sodomized them is supposed to pray more now.”
David Clohessy
