Decency Quotes

286 quotes by 251 authors

For my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey, who braved his dreaded enemy in order to save the… — Charles Darwin
The puritanical potentialities of science have never been forecast. If it evolves a body of organized rites, and is established as a religion, hierarchically organized,… — Wyndham Lewis
There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears, hesitations, doubts and… — Eric Hoffer
I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions to knowledge. It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics… — Daniel J. Boorstin
My faith in human decency was sorely tested at times during my captivity; however, after my release, I am humbly reminded that mankind is inherently… — Amanda Lindhout
There was a time when people had the decency to wait until they were approaching 50 to have a mid-life crisis. Now it seems many… — Mark Barrowcliffe
I feel deeply my responsibility to teach sacred things. I am so aware that the world is changing and will be vastly different from the… — James E. Faust
Without moral progress, stimulated by faith in God, immorality in all its forms will proliferate and strangle goodness and human decency. Mankind will not be… — James E. Faust
When we create hope and opportunity in the lives of others, we allow love, decency and promise to triumph over cowardice and hate. — Kirsten Gillibrand
In its heyday, the blazer had come to symbolise a kind of conventional decency. Yacht club commodores and school bursars wore blazers. People who played… — Craig Brown
Television has to reflect back to you your own sense of security. It also has to mirror your sense of your own decency and your… — Lee Siegel
There is a bedrock decency to people in the Midwest. They are thoughtful and ready to help you if something needs to be done. — Shelley Fabares
The extent to which all people in our society are made to count, and believe that they count, is not just a measure of decency;… — Mary McAleese
With a foreign policy appropriately rooted in some sense of humanitarian decency, the Central African crisis will not be easily ignored by American policymakers. It… — Michael Johns
That so unlikely an outcome should accrue to a man possessed of such limited talent and so many flaws, and one lacking in a sense… — William Thomas Green Morton
Alabama citizens, like the vast majority of Americans, respect and value the meaning of decency, and appreciate public institutions that reflect the common values of… — Mike Rogers
The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 helps address the continuing degradation on the broadcast airwaves and helps send a clear message to the broadcast… — Mike Rogers
There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense. — Jeannette Rankin
I respect anyone who has to fight and howl for his decency. — Deborah Kerr
The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society. — John Paul Stevens

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