That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Integrity is never given. It is a quality that can only be proven over time.” — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency. — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
My hope for America and the activists is that they never, ever go back to sleep, and they keep fighting for social… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
“- How dare you, I repeat, In disregard of all decency, call me a goose? - I spit on your head, Ivan… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Not everyone is able to show courage, but human decency must be demanded of every person. — Andrzej Duda Copy Share Image
Come on, that was no foul! It may be a violation of all the basic rules of human decency, but its not… — Bill Walton Copy Share Image
“Old birds like Orlovius are wonderfully easy to lead by the beak, because a combination of decency and sentimentality is exactly equal… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known. — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
If you look at the history of Obama, with the crimes he's committed, in office, publicly, and gotten by with that, you… — Lyndon LaRouche Copy Share Image
But I am not discouraged. I do not despair for our country. I believe tonight, as I always have, that the essential… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a… — Pablo Casals 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
We all want recognition and validation to an extent for our art, but greatness as a trade for decency is a risky… — El-P Copy Share Image
I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs -… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
Capital punishment has probably been responsible for a good deal of human progress. The overwhelming majority of those executed were of the… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
And a noble life is one ordered by, and oriented to, a transcendent moral code, not just one's own concept of existence… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
...I believe deeply that we canot solve the challenges of your time unless we solve them together - unless we perfect our… — Barack Obama 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
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a… — William Faulkner 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
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
You must be respectful and assenting, but without being servile and abject. You must be frank, but without indiscretion, and close, without… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is the merest… — Clifford Geertz Copy Share Image
I value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
Breaking of norms and disregard for decency have huge, long-term costs. — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
“REJECT THE LIES AND VIOLENCE. STAND FOR LOVE, TRUTH, DECENCY AND THE COMMON GOOD.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“my sense of social decency has been more developed than my sense of death. For” — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
“It is institutions that help us to preserve decency. They need our help as well.” — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
