“For it is an absurdity to call a country civilized in which a decent and industrious man, laboriously mastering a trade which is valuble and necessary to the common weal, has no assurance that it will sustain him while he stands ready to practice it, or keep him out of the poorhouse when illness or age makes him idle.” MenCountryAgeCommonPracticeReadyLaborTradeIllnessDecentCivilizedIdleAbsurdityAssuranceIndustrious Author:H. L. Mencken
“I think we do not need to send more jobs to low wage countries. I think corporate America has to start investing in this country and create decent paying jobs here.” ThinkingNeedsCountryJobsAmericaLowsInvestingCorporateDecentCorporate America Author:Hillary Clinton
“People are crying out for a Conservative Party that is decent, reasonable, common sense and in it for the long term of this country.” PeopleLongCountryTermPartyCommonCryConservativeCommon SenseLong TermDecentReasonableConservative Party Author:David Cameron
“These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: voting in two elections at the risk of their lives, preparing for a third, writing and ratifying a constitution granting more freedoms than exist in any country in the entire Arab Middle East. The secret is out, There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, but a society is finding its way to constitutional politics.” PeopleWayWritingTwoCountryGivenSecretRiskMiddleTerribleFindingsShadowThirdsConstitutionElectionMajorityIraqEastDecentVotingOverwhelmingMiddle EastPreparingIndicationUnfoldingInsurgency Author:Fouad Ajami
“The great question for our time is, how to make sure that the continuing scientific revolution brings benefits to everybody rather than widening the gap between rich and poor. To lift up poor countries, and poor people in rich countries, from poverty, to give them a chance of a decent life, technology is not enough. Technology must be guided and driven by ethics if it is to do more than provide new toys for the rich.” PeopleIfsGivingCountryEnoughChancePoorPovertyTechnologyRichRevolutionBenefitsEthicsDrivenLiftsOur TimeDecentGapsToysContinuingPoor PeopleRich And PoorPoor CountriesRich CountriesDecent LifeScientific RevolutionNew Toys Author:Freeman Dyson
“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 to run for public office.” PeopleThinkingCountryRunningMediaOfficeNewsNegativeHarderDecentDestructiveViciousPublic OfficeNews Media Author:Newt Gingrich
“The transfer of three shillings and sixpence a day to every labourer would not increase the quantity of meat in the country. There is not at present enough for all to have a decent share. What would then be the consequence?” CountryEnoughThreeShareConsequenceIncreaseMeatDecentQuantityTransfersLabourers Book:An Essay on the Principle of Population: Illustrated Source: An Essay on the Principle of Population: Illustrated