Decent Man Quotes

35 quotes by 29 authors

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
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
On the Vietnam War: I've lived under situations where every decent man declared war first and I've lived under situations where you don't declare war.… — Lewis Blaine Hershey
President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our… — Mark Udall
Obama is making a choice now that will lead to the deaths of many thousands of civilians in Afghanistan by American hands. By ordinary standards… — Daniel Ellsberg
My brother need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life; to be remembered simply as a good and decent… — Edward Kennedy
Man is full of desires: he loves only those who can satisfy them all. "This man is a good mathematician," someone will say. But I… — Blaise Pascal
H. L. Mencken famously said that 'every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.' By now, however, I am no longer ashamed,… — Robert Higgs
No professional politician is ever actually in favor of public economy. It is his implacable enemy, and he knows it. All professional politicians are dedicated… — H. L. Mencken
I'm a decent man who exports flowers. — Pablo Escobar
You're going to think I'm being corny, but this is how I really feel: I hope my family and my friends will be able to… — John Wayne
Tony Blair is a decent man who genuinely thinks what he is doing is justified. But when he sees men such as George Bush and… — Piers Morgan
There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent… — Viktor E. Frankl
Judge Roberts is a brilliant lawyer, a brilliant judge. He is a very careful judge, a thoughtful judge. I would agree with what the President… — Al Gore
The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned. — Jean de la Bruyere
President Eisenhower was a fine general and a good, decent man, but if he had fought World War II the way he fought for civil… — Roy Wilkins
Bush's life is that a fundamentally decent man presided over a moment when politics got meaner and rougher. '88 was the year of the handler,… — Evan Thomas
There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found. — Eminem
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. — H. L. Mencken

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