Common Quote by E. J. Dionne

Common decency demands that [NCAA athletes] should be paid, but the only way it will happen is the same way workers got paid throughout…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Please — a little less love, and a little more common decency.

— Kurt Vonnegut

This is why I say that the individual's most potent weapon is a stubborn belief in the triumph of common decency.

— Paul Rusesabagina

Donald Trump's election was a watershed moment. Even those like me, who had previously pulled levers for candidates of both parties, felt that Mr.…

— Bari Weiss

Rome tolerated every abominable practice, embraced every foul idea in the name of freedom and the rights of the common man. Citizens no longer…

— Francine Rivers

“Love is where you find it. I think it is foolish to go around looking for it, and I think it can be poisonous.…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Most asylum seekers do get permanent visas, so the earlier they receive the appropriate help, the faster they will become part of the community.…

— Malcolm Fraser

…there's no question of heroism in all this. It's a matter of common decency. That's an idea which may make some people smile, but…

— Albert Camus

I grew up in the Midwest, so I have sort of an honorable moral code. But I moved to a city and joined a…

— Derek Blasberg

School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant…

— Anonymous

Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a matter of…

— H. L. Mencken

I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, "Please - a little…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs - which should…

— Joe Klein

“I have had some experiences with love, or think I have, anyway, although the ones I have liked best could easily be described as…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Honor sometimes means doing something very unwise. Behaving like an idiot is better than dishonor. To this day I blush for having chosen sensible…

— Amélie Nothomb