Decency Quotes

286 quotes by 251 authors

Is he a scumbag in training?â€ Richard glanced at the gunman. â€œAt least have the decency to hold the gun properly, you fool. If you… — Ilona Andrews
The Fundamentalist Christians have told me that I am a slave of Satan and should have my demons expelled with an exorcism. The Fundamentalist Materialists… — Robert Anton Wilson
You do not want a war. You have known violence, you have suffered loss, but you have seen nothing of war. War is not just… — Joss Whedon
It is this idea 'decency' should be attached to wealth -and 'indecency'' to poverty - that forms the core of one strand of skeptical complaint… — Alain de Botton
In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Be not intimidated...nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often… — John Adams
I just -- I know my own heart and I love you, Turner. And if you have even the tiniest shred of decency, you'll say… — Julia Quinn
We all have demons inside us, Nick. The Tsalagi have an old sayingâ€”every heart holds two wolves. One is the white wolf, who is made… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
You're a great brother. You give us a heart attack worrying about your heart attack, which you didn't even have the decency to have! — Groucho Marx
I watched as Humphrey Bogartâ€™s character used beans as a metaphor for the relative unimportance in the wider world of his relationship with Ingrid Bergmanâ€™s… — Graeme Simsion
You should have had the decency to die when you needed to." â€œSorry,â€ I admitted. â€œIâ€™ve been going through a bit of a rebellious streak.… — Ally Carter
Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a matter of solemn… — H. L. Mencken
Why only hate? Where does love remain? Or at least a little decency toward other people? — Friedrich Kellner
I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, "Please - a little less… — Kurt Vonnegut
It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy. — Khaleda Zia
There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense; for war… — Jeannette Rankin
Politics are not my concern.... They impressed me as a dog's life without a dog's decencies. — Rudyard Kipling
In a president, character is everything. A president doesn't have to be brilliant... He doesn't have to be clever; you can hire clever... You can… — Peggy Noonan
No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it… — Eric Hoffer
With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for… — Clarence Darrow

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