Decency Quotes

You judge a society by the decency of living of the weakest

Morals are private. Decency is public.

God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.

A better politics is one where we appeal to each other’s basic decency instead of our basest fears.

Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence

Decency renders all things tolerable.

Most asylum seekers do get permanent visas, so the earlier they receive the appropriate help, the faster they will become part of the community. They'll get jobs and start paying taxes too. They will see Australia as a nation with a sense of care and concern. That's so important for a cohesive society. It helps build a sense of belonging. And in terms of common decency, it's what should be happening... For God's sake, this is Australia, people should be treated with decency and humanity.

I believe in an ultimate decency of things.

The laws of decency enforce themselves.

I value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.

Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok?

…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 the only means of fighting a plague is - common decency.

Honesty is nothin' compared to decency.

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

Common decency demands that [NCAA athletes] should be paid, but the only way it will happen is the same way workers got paid throughout American history, through a strong union.

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

Caprice in women often infringes upon the rules of decency.

A woman without a degree of decency and delicacy is unsexed.

Honor is decency without vanity.

On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.

All right, so there he is, our representative to the world, Mr. Western Civilization, in codpiece and pantyhose up there on the boards, firing away at the rapt groundlings with his blank verses, not less of a word-slinger and spellbinder than the Bard himself and therefore not to be considered too curiously on such matters as relevance, coherence, consistency, propriety, sanity, common decency.

And die with decency.

The only goal is the decency of means.