No matter how flawed someone else may be, that doesn't give us the right to be less than we are, does it?… — Jean Kwok Copy Share Image
The psychological pain--and the ethical shame--of American poverty are made greater by the fact that this country possesses the wealth and the… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
I frankly don't care if you agree with my stand on abortion. I take that stand because no other stand is consistent… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
People have a right to my food, a right to my housing, and a right to my good job for my decent… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
We all want things we can't have. Being a decent human being is accepting that. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
The study of money, above all other fields in economics, is one in which complexity is used to disguise truth or to… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
About half the practice of a decent lawyer is telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should shut up. — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
We all live inside bodies that will deteriorate. But when you look at human beings, they're capable of very decent things: love,… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
The notion that somehow through a trade war or protectionism or magical thinking that we're going to return to a romanticized economic… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
If you get a certain amount of notoriety for doing something, and you can stick to that type of project for the… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Expression is the dress of thought, and still Appears more decent as more suitable; A vile conceit in pompous words express'd, Is… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
The problem - at least in the United States - is not that people can't find jobs. The problem is that they're… — Kenneth Rogoff Copy Share Image
The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent… — Socrates Copy Share Image
. . .little has changed in our New York neighborhoods except the faces, the names, and the languages spoken. The same decent… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
Once again decent citizens will be able to enter this house of worship, kneel down in front of a nearly-naked man hanging… — A. Whitney Brown Copy Share Image
While you're trying to get ahead, remember to get aheart as well. When your only problem IS a nail, all you want… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It's appropriate to celebrate public service, and the thoughtful people who choose to serve. They symbolize what is good and decent about… — Bob Ehrlich Copy Share Image
All attempts at law, all religion, all ethical norms might be nothing more than attempts by the weak to restrain the strong.… — George Zebrowski Copy Share Image
At some point in your life you have to engage with the fact that you are part of a society. Yeah the… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
Obama ran as sane and decent, as though we were electing a mood, and not necessarily a set of policies. Unfortunately, Obama… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
I told her tea bags were just a convenience for people with busy lives and she said no one is so busy… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
Move somewhere with decent public transit so you don't drive drunk and hit somebody. — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
How I wish everyone had decent work! It is essential for human dignity. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
