Decent Quotes

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I sincerely believe the word "relationships" is the key to the prospect of a decent world [and life]. It seems abundantly clear that every problem… — Clarence Francis
He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash of glorious intuition, but… — Margery Allingham
All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and… — Jimmy Carter
It is precisely because education is the road to equality and citizenship, that it has been made more elusive for Negroes than many other rights.… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Every man has been brought up with the idea that decent women don't pop in and out of bed; he has always been told by… — Barbara Cartland
Communism and socialism is [sic] seductive. It promises us that people will contribute according to ability and receive according to needs. Everybody is equal. Everybody… — Walter E. Williams
A state is nothing more than a reflection of its citizens; the more decent the citizens, the more decent the state. — Ronald Reagan
[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we would… — Christopher Hitchens
Decent work is at the heart of the search for dignity for the individual, stability for the family and peace in the community — Juan Somavia
But some of us are beginning to pull well away, in our irritation, from...the exquisite tasters, the vintage snobs, the three-star Michelin gourmets. There is,… — J. B. Priestley
Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if… — Laozi
If we cannot be decent, let us endeavor to be graceful. If we can't be moral, at least we can avoid being vulgar. — Langdon Elwyn Mitchell
These are not ordinary human beings. They are criminals. As a matter of fact, they are criminals, both by nature and by training. By nature,… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so. — Zane Grey
I guess the only thing to do now is meet his parents. I'm sure they're decent people. I mean they gotta be if they named… — Robert De Niro
You've probably got a device on you that can shoot decent video, so what's stopping you? — Steve Garfield
Freud expressed the opinion-not quite in earnest, though, it seeemed to me-that philosophy was the most decent form of sublimation of repressed sexuality, nothing more.… — Ludwig Binswanger
We are not only less reasonable and less decent in our dreams... we are also more inteligent, wiser and capable of better judgment when we… — Erich Fromm
It's instructive to consider the more spectacular and well-known falls from grace of leaders in the public eye... In the main, the issues behind these… — Peter Cosgrove
I just loved him and he loved me... He was a most humble man, the most decent man I've ever met in my life and… — Bob Hawke

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