Best Decent People Quotes

48 Decent People quotes by 47 unique authors

Movies such as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' in 1939 to 'Dave' in 1993 portray Washington leaders as the ultimate Everymen - decent people just… — Ron Fournier
Our culture is in moral chaos. On TV we celebrate freaks instead of honest, decent people. — Kathie Lee Gifford
I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people… — Newt Gingrich
The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent… — James Earl Jones
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
Decent people should ignore politics, if only they could be confident that politics would ignore them — William F. Buckley, Jr.
After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent folks, the need… — Tim Wise
Human beings may be miserable specimens, in the main, but we can learn, and, through learning, become decent people. — Orson Scott Card
To others, the universe seems decent because decent people have welded eyes. That is why they fear lewdness. They are never frightened by the crowing… — Georges Bataille
One expects decent people to stand up for the good of all. Decent people shut their doors and hide behind them as decent people do.… — Jennifer Donnelly
Certain types of loudmouthism should be a capital offense among decent people. — Robert A. Heinlein
Decent people are so easy to manipulate, Potter. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
There is simply no limit to the tyrannical snobbery that otherwise decent people can descend into when it comes to music. — Stephen Fry
There ain't no clean way to make a hundred million bucks.... Somewhere along the line guys got pushed to the wall, nice little businesses got… — Raymond Chandler
She just got out of the hospital. Why don't you go gossip behind her back, like decent people? — Rachel Vincent
He thought of men like Hitler, Stalin, and Napoleon. All it took was a lot of seemingly decent people to put the wrong person in… — Hugh Howey
When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and… — Frank Borman
I have solid decent people around me, and I believe that is all it is, because you will get destroyed if you have people bringing… — Alicia Keys
Creepy people do the things that decent people want to do, but have decided are not a great idea. — Mike Birbiglia
I have a treasure trove of Baker memories, all of which reinforce my sense of Howard Baker as one of the most decent people with… — John Yarmuth
DEAR GIRLS, Not all guys want SEX. Some of them want a relationship. Not all guys like Call of Duty because loving you is more… — Nylle
To some folk, if not to most folk, decency means pretending that the nastier things in life do not really exist. Decent people hide things,… — Unknown Author
When someone puts you down and treats you badly, just remember there is something wrong with them, not you. Decent people will not go around… — Unkown

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