The major western democracies are moving towards corporatism. Democracy has become a business plan, with a bottom line for every human activity,… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
Social Note: I have sought escape in the Prytania on more than one occasion, pulled by the attractions of some technicolored horrors,… — John Kennedy Toole Copy Share Image
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency.… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
If you lose your integrity, you will also lose your identity, your sensitivity and your dignity. Integrity is honesty, modesty and security… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Compassion is not a dirty word. Compassion is not a sign of weakness. In my view, compassion in politics and in public… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
I don't see why it should be remarkable that you can acquire a reputation for fairness and decency. Those are qualities shared… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
“You asked me questions nobody ever asked me before. You knew that I was a murderer two times over, but you treated… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive. — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
All right, so there he is, our representative to the world, Mr. Western Civilization, in codpiece and pantyhose up there on the… — Marvin Mudrick Copy Share Image
For when man comes to front the everlasting God, and look the splendor of His judgments in the face, personal integrity, the… — Frederick William Robertson 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
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
We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated. An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
A growing body of social science research reveals that atheists and non-religious people in general, are far from the unsavory beings many… — Gregory S. Paul Copy Share Image
High standards generally -- about workmanship and creation of objects, about what is owed in friendship, about the quality of art and… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
“Yet decency nagged at their reluctant hearts; and they acknowledged that, too, in unconscious phrases -- 'I fail to understand...', 'I cannot… — Shirley Hazzard Copy Share Image
“REJECT THE LIES AND VIOLENCE. STAND FOR LOVE, TRUTH, DECENCY AND THE COMMON GOOD.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Love always seeks for betterment, for ways of making life more workable, joyful, whole, and beautiful. Love examines every option available to… — Glenda Green Copy Share Image
Goods produced under conditions which do not meet a rudimentary standard to decency should be regarded as contraband and not allowed to… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Men often treat others worse than they treat themselves, but they rarely treat anyone better. It is the height of folly to… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
Life and study have persuaded me of the openness of history. There is no inevitability in history. Thinking about what might have… — Fritz Stern Copy Share Image
I believe that this hairless embryo with the aching, oversize brain case and the opposable thumb, this animal barely up from the… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Honour is manly decency. The shame of being found wanting in it means everything to us. Is this, then, the indefinable, the… — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share Image
The way Trump talks about Obama: presidents don't do that! What we're seeing now is a whole new level of vulgarity. I'm… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
