Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed. Votes: 6
Francois de La RochefoucauldAs much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency. Votes: 4
Caroline KennedyDecency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain. Votes: 3
Mahatma GandhiDecency, not to dare to do that in public which it is decent enough to do in private. Votes: 3
Michel de MontaigneDecency is not news. It is buried in the obituaries, but it is a force stronger than crime. Votes: 3
Robert A. HeinleinOn matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way. Votes: 2
A. Bartlett GiamattiJustice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense. Votes: 2
Marcus Tullius CiceroI believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive. Votes: 2
Dag HammarskjoldAchievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter. Votes: 2
Tiger WoodsIf someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world. Votes: 2
Gabrielle UnionNormal: lacking in taste, compassion, understanding, kindness, and ordinary human decency. Votes: 0
Frank PortmanMorals are a matter of private agreement; decency is of public concern. Votes: 0
Marguerite YourcenarEverything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency to get the book written. Votes: 0
William FaulknerBut you're an artist. You don't believe in decency and honesty and gratitude. Votes: 0
William S. BurroughsCulture is the greatest barrier to your enlightenment, your education, and your decency. Votes: 0
Terence McKennaImmodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense. Votes: 0
Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of RoscommonSo many of the world's problems, he mused, were solved by sheer human decency. Votes: 0
Maggie StiefvaterMorality, taken as apart from religion, is but another name for decency of sin. Votes: 0
Horace BushnellThe most fundamental winning formula is to bet on human decency and be patient. Votes: 0
Robert BreaultREJECT THE LIES AND VIOLENCE. STAND FOR LOVE, TRUTH, DECENCY AND THE COMMON GOOD. Votes: 0
Bryant McGillLife would be a great deal easier if dead things had the decency to remain dead. Votes: 0
Doug MacLeodWar doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace. - Baba Votes: 0
Khaled HosseiniWar doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace." - Baba Votes: 0
Khaled HosseiniWar doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace." - Baba" Votes: 0
Khaled HosseiniWhy only hate? Where does love remain? Or at least a little decency toward other people? Votes: 0
Friedrich KellnerYou're no angel. You're Fallen. You just haven't had the decency to lose your wings. [Reaver] Votes: 0
Larissa IoneThere is a sense of decency that's like a barometer to a man's or a country's health. Votes: 0
Samuel R. DelanyMy cares and my inquiries are for decency and truth, and in this I am wholly occupied. Votes: 0
HoraceAbove all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength. Votes: 0
Meir KahaneWe can't hire out our own inner work, but we can do the manual labor with delight and decency. Votes: 0
Sakyong MiphamIt is perfectly easy to be original by violating the laws of decency and the canons of good taste. Votes: 0
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition, but the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency. Votes: 0
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