Decent Man Quotes

• No professional politician is ever actually in favor of public economy. It is his implacable enemy, and he knows it. All professional politicians are dedicated wholeheartedly to waste and corruption. They are the enemies of every decent man.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Enemy, Favors

  "Minority Report: H.L. Mencken's Notebooks". Book by H. L. Mencken, 204, 1956.

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• There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Men, Numbers, Finding Yourself

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• Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

  H. L. Mencken

  Freedom, Integrity, Men

  "A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing". Book edited by H. L. Mencken, 1949.

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• Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found.

  Eminem

  Funny, Husband, Men

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• You weren't a decent man and you didn't do your best. We none of us were and none of us did.

  C. S. Lewis

  Men, Decent

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• President Eisenhower was a fine general and a good, decent man, but if he had fought World War II the way he fought for civil rights, we would all be speaking German now.

  Roy Wilkins

  War, Men, Rights

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• Men whose only concern is other people's opinion of them are like actors who put on a poor performance to win the applause of people of poor taste; some of them would be capable of good acting in front of a good audience. A decent man plays his part to the best of his ability, regardless of the taste of the gallery.

  Nicolas Chamfort

  Winning, Men, Play

  Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort (2003). “Chamfort: Reflections on Life, Love & Society : Together with Anecdotes and Little Philosophical Dialogues”

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• My brother need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life; to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it.

  Edward Kennedy

  Brother, War, Men

  Ted Kennedy's eulogy for Robert Kennedy, St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, www.nydailynews.com. August 26, 2009.

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• A person may be totally unimaginative and have the social vision of a mole, and we still call him a decent man.

  Margaret Halsey

  Men, Vision, May

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• You're going to think I'm being corny, but this is how I really feel: I hope my family and my friends will be able to say that I was an honest, kind and fairly decent man.

  John Wayne

  Men, Thinking, Able

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• It is a law of nature that every decent man on earth is bound to be a coward and a slave

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Men, Law, Coward

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  I'm a decent man who exports flowers.

  Pablo Escobar

  Flower, Men, Decent

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Struggles only move forward when decent men and women step forward and say, 'enough is enough and no more.'

  Kumi Naidoo

  Struggle, Moving, Men

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• A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at certain moments.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Hate, Men, High Standards

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• The world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Men, World, Betrayed

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• The state remains, as it was in the beginning, the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Enemy, Politics

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• My dad died when I was young. He was a good and decent man. There are a few things he would say that have just always stuck with me. He'd say, "Son, you're either part of the problem or part of the solution." Well, regrettably, President Obama has become part of the problem, and Mitt Romney is the solution.

  Paul Ryan

  Dad, Son, Men

  "'An Extreme Choice' -- What Two of Wisconsin's Leading Progressive Journalists Think About Mitt Romney's Pick of Paul Ryan" by Amy Goodman, Matthew Rothschild, John Nichols, www.alternet.org. August 13, 2012.

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• Judge Roberts is a brilliant lawyer, a brilliant judge. He is a very careful judge, a thoughtful judge. I would agree with what the President said earlier. He is a decent man. I think everybody who knows him likes him.

  Al Gore

  Thoughtful, Men, Thinking

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• Bush's life is that a fundamentally decent man presided over a moment when politics got meaner and rougher. '88 was the year of the handler, of bringing in political consultants who played very hard and very tough.

  Evan Thomas

  Men, Years, Political

  "George H.W. Bush". "The Presidents", www.pbs.org. May 5, 2008.

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• President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our nation during a time of crisis, provided steady leadership and restored people's faith in the presidency and in government.

  Mark Udall

  Leadership, Country, Integrity

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• In Plains, I saw Jimmy Carter as he really is - a nice, decent man... in terms of compassionate contribution to society, he certainly has proven to be our best past president.

  Helen Thomas

  Nice, Past, Men

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• Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if compelled, will use themonly with the utmost restraint.Peace is his highest value.If the peace has been shattered,how can he be content?His enemies are not demons,but human beings like himself.He doesn't wish them personal harm.Nor does he rejoice in victory.How could he rejoice in victoryand delight in the slaughter of men?He enters a battle gravely,with sorrow and with great compassion,as if he were attending a funeral

  Laozi

  Peace, Compassion, Men

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• Nothing is gained except by sacrifice.... Do not degrade it to the level of the brutes.... Make yourselves decent men! ... Be chaste and pure! ... There is no other way. Did Christ find any other way?

  Swami Vivekananda

  Jesus, Sacrifice, Men

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.473, Manonmani Publishers

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• Mordred and Agravaine thought Arthur hypocritical—as all decent men must be, if you assume that decency can’t exist.

  T. H. White

  Men, Assuming, Arthur

  T. H. White (2011). “The Once and Future King”, p.433, Penguin

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• But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure? Answer: Of himself. Well, so I will talk about myself.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Life, Men, Answers

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2018). “White Nights and Other Stories”, p.71, Youcanprint

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