Decency Quotes

286 quotes by 251 authors

Our goal is to have a country that's not divided by race. And my impression, as I travel around the country, is that that's the… — Barack Obama
Personally, I'm tired of hearing the whole have-you-no-decency routine from people who have made quite clear that they possess none themselves. — Glenn Reynolds
Love always seeks for betterment, for ways of making life more workable, joyful, whole, and beautiful. Love examines every option available to bring about an… — Glenda Green
Some things transcend politics and policy and the lust for power. Truth, honesty, integrity, decency and fairness are immutable values. They are the ethical substance… — Michael Short
Goods produced under conditions which do not meet a rudimentary standard to decency should be regarded as contraband and not allowed to pollute the channels… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
More and more clearly every day, out of biology, anthropology, sociology, history, economic analysis, psychological insight, plain human decency and common sense, the necessary mandate… — Ordway Tead
The only difference between the women I've dated and Charles Manson is that Manson has the decency to look like a nut case when you… — Richard Jeni
Harden our hearts to the innocents in the womb, and we have hardened our hearts to the need for compassion, and mercy, and fellow-feeling, and… — Alan Keyes
To go fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air, with the rush of the brook, or with the shimmer of sun… — Herbert Hoover
I want the young people to pay attention because, see, back when I first met Barack, we started dating, he had everything going for him.… — Michelle Obama
Skepticism's bad rap arises from the impression that, however necessary the activity, it can only be regarded as a negative removal of false claims. Not… — Stephen Jay Gould
Is there decency left in American politics? — Byron Dorgan
Human life cannot be formless. We live by patterns. We move in comradeships. Conformity is evil when it distorts, flattens, and erases fruitful ways, strong… — Herman Wouk
We attach our feelings to the moment when we were hurt, endowing it with immortality. And we let it assault us every time it comes… — Lewis B. Smedes
In a very real sense, we are shipwrecked passengers on a doomed planet. Yet, even in a shipwreck, human decencies and human values do not… — Norbert Wiener
We cannot change the way the world is, but by opening ourselves to the world as it is, we may find that gentleness, decency and… — Chogyam Trungpa
I always wanted to be an outrage to public decency and a threat to women. And this is one of the few occupations where you're… — David Lee Roth
On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way. — A. Bartlett Giamatti
I think someone should have had the decency to tell me the luncheon was free. To make someone run out with potato salad in his… — Jack Handey
In addition to fines, violators of decency standards could be required to air public service announcements serving educational and informational needs of children. — Charles W. Pickering

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