Decency Quotes

286 quotes by 251 authors

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race. — H. L. Mencken
I'm under the impression that this notion of decency is disappearing from our society where conflicts are made worse on cinema and on television, where… — Helen Mirren
I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency. — Ted Nugent
We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others means more than… — Michelle Obama
I don't see why it should be remarkable that you can acquire a reputation for fairness and decency. Those are qualities shared by so many… — Michael Palin
Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever. — Alexander Pope
Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life… — Dennis Prager
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency. — Theodore Roosevelt
Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok? — Thomas Sowell
I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the… — Studs Terkel
Richard Nixon was an evil man - evil in a way that only those who believe in the physical reality of the Devil can understand… — Hunter S. Thompson
If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world. — Gabrielle Union
I would like above any other place to go to Hartford. I want to face the conservatism there centered and compel it into decency. — Victoria Woodhull
Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter. — Tiger Woods
I'm inspired by the people I meet in my travels--hearing their stories, seeing the hardships they overcome, their fundamental optimism and decency. I'm inspired by… — Barack Obama
Young people are moving away from feeling guilty about sleeping with somebody to feeling guilty if they are *not* sleeping with someone. — Margaret Mead
It is no disparagement to the garden to say it will not fence and weed itself, nor prune its own fruit trees, nor roll and… — C.S. Lewis
A successful villain should have all these things at his or her villainous fingertips, or else give up villainy altogether and try to lead a… — Daniel Handler
The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness,… — Elwyn Brooks White

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