Decency, not to dare to do that in public which it is decent enough to do in private. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Life shouldn't be about arbitrary power, for power's sake, but about respect, mutuality, decency. — John Whaite Copy Share Image
But Bill Clinton had the good taste to lie about his sexual peccadillos. He had the honor and the decency to want… — Lynn Samuels Copy Share Image
“I tell myself now, that ever since I was little my sense of social decency has been more developed than my sense… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
“Say what you will about ‘decency’ but I happen to be a fan of skimpy tube tops and really short skirts.” — Cyma Rizwaan Khan Copy Share Image
A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high… — Boris Yeltsin Copy Share Image
I saw the end of his life right there in that single moment. His pride, his decency, his secrets, his death. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
If you think you’re the only person for whom life is painful, you’re wrong. And if you don’t mind letting yourself die… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“No decent person deliberately chooses to be violent or cruel. We must remove our blinkers and learn that in order to live… — Mango Wodzak Copy Share Image
“Let’s just say that once the party was over, the Tribe had the decency to put most of the things back into… — Sorin Suciu Copy Share Image
All ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet, a man of the world should know them. They are the outworks… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
It should be clear that the death penalty does just the opposite of promoting decency and respect for life. It dehumanizes people… — John Morrison Copy Share Image
“Suddenly I am furious, that with my life on the line, they don’t even have the decency to pay attention to me.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Crowds can be frightening. They have a way of impressing the low, base taste upon their members. Watching the way thousands of… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Tristan flexed his jaw. “How is it that you seem to have no sense of decency when it comes to your personal… — Chelsea Fine Copy Share Image
I feel lousy about the pain that I've caused my wife and kids. I feel guilty and conscience-stricken, and all of those… — William Holden Copy Share Image
“Thinking like a Freak may sometimes sound like an exercise in using clever means to get exactly what you want, and there’s… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Civilized people must, I believe, satisfy the following criteria: 1) They respect human beings as individuals and are therefore always tolerant, gentle,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Until a few months ago we had a code of honor, and even the worst ruffians behaved with decency. You could leave… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I am a Stormdancer! Mere metal is nothing compared with the power of a storm." Kade made his voice boom and spread… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
Skepticism's bad rap arises from the impression that, however necessary the activity, it can only be regarded as a negative removal of… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation. He recounts… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
One of the most important virtues of the American character is our ability to approach the complexities that life presents us with… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
“The increasingly cynical court thought Arthur, "hypocritical, as all decent men must be if you assume decency cannot exist.” — T.H. White Copy Share Image
At least have the decency in you / To leave me alone, when you freaks see me out / In the streets… — Eminem Copy Share Image
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I believe that for all our imperfections, we are full of decency and goodness, and that the forces that divide us are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Personally, I'm tired of hearing the whole have-you-no-decency routine from people who have made quite clear that they possess none themselves. — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength. — Meir Kahane Copy Share Image
Modern slavery is a barbaric crime. Each and every case is a both a tragedy and an affront to our values of… — Amber Rudd Copy Share Image
“It never seems to occur to such "criminals" that to behave with decency to another human being might also be "gratuitous.” — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
HUD's mission is to provide decency and sanitary housing for low and moderate income people in this country. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
“And yet I have known the sea too long to believe in its respect for decency. An elemental force is ruthlessly frank” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“He was an indecent man, I told myself - prayerfully - and then I prayed for him to become decent.” — Kelsey Brickl Copy Share Image
We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
In the horrifying calculus of self-deception, the greater the pain we inflict on others, the greater the need to justify it to… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
The most blatant forms of denialism are rarely malevolent; they combine decency, a fear of change, and the misguided desire to do… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
We make up any excuse to preserve myths about people we love, but the reverse is also true; if we dislike an… — Marlon Brando Copy Share Image
