Best Common Decency Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“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.”

“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.”

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

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Book:Adonis and the alphabet: and other essays

Source: Adonis and the alphabet: and other essays

“There is onslaught is the accelerating momentum of technologies and instrumental mentalities that are exterminating spontaneity, undermining love and common decency. It's a thief of time and includes all the palpable and subtle violations of body, mind, and spirit done in the name of science, government, enterprise, progress, and profit.”

Mind Done Body Government Spirit Names Common Technology Progress Profit Enterprise Subtle Mentality Thieves Decency Violation Momentum Spontaneity Undermining Common Decency

Author:Stephanie Mills

“Common decency is a core part of who people are.”

People Common Core Decency Common Decency

Author: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 American history, through a strong union.”

Way Should Happens Strong Common Demand Paid Unions Workers Athlete American History Decency Ncaa Common Decency

Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.”

Hate Politics Freedom Common Forever Honest Honesty Office I Hate Favors Common Sense Decency Public Office Running For Office Common Decency

Author:H. L. Mencken

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

Ifs Running Common Decency Campus Barbarians Common Decency

Author:Thomas Sowell

“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”

Inspirational Long Loses Common Knowledge Technology Information Intellectual Common Sense Too Much Information Information Society Data Collection Common Decency Gathering Data Information Sharing Gathering Information

Author:Gertrude Stein

“…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.”

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Book:The plague: translated from the French

Source: The plague: translated from the French

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

Littles Common Please Decency Slapstick Common Decency

Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“Rome tolerated every abominable practice, embraced every foul idea in the name of freedom and the rights of the common man. Citizens no longer carried on deviant behavior in private, but pridefully displayed it in public. It was those with moral values who could no longer freely walk in a public park without having to witness a revolting display. What happened to the public censors who protected the majority of citizenry from moral decadence? Did freedom have to mean abolishing common decency? Did freedom mean anyone could do anything they wanted anytime they wanted, without consequences?”

“School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, brutal violations of common sense and common decency. It doesn't take a reasonably bright boy long to discover that most of what is rammed into him is nonsense, and that no one really cares very much whether he learns it or not.”

Source: Mencken Chrestomathy

“Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a matter of solemn duty, in the performance of acts which all self-respecting individuals refrain from as a matter of common decency.”

May Said Self Matter States Government Individual Freedom Common Democracy Duty Performances Democratic Engaged Agency Decency Solemn Refrain Wholesale Common Decency

Author:H. L. Mencken

“School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence.”

Believe Humans Whole School I Believe Existence Education Learning Schooling Human Existence Unschooling School Days Common Decency

Book:Mencken Chrestomathy

Source: Mencken Chrestomathy

“I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, "Please - a little less love, and a little more common decency."”

People Life Littles Fighting Wish Common Please Breakup Decency Love Each Other Slapstick Common Decency

Book:Slapstick or Lonesome No More

Source: Slapstick or Lonesome No More

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

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Author:A. Bartlett Giamatti

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

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Book:An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda

Source: An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda

“I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs - which should not be rewarded. But often it isn't, and common decency requires that we take care of the least of these.”