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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. -- H. L. Mencken
The person I liked the best was Gerald R. Ford. He was the most decent man in politics I ever had any relationships with. -- Alan Greenspan
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
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
Fame changes everything. When you're well-known, you're expected to be different. Some people assume you must have a yacht and four homes. Or that you're famous because you are 'A Decent Man'. -- Michael Palin
Obama is making a choice now that will lead to the deaths of many thousands of civilians in Afghanistan by American hands. By ordinary standards of presidents, he is a decent man. But those standards aren't good enough. He's in a position either to kill or not to kill, and he's made the decision to kill. -- Daniel Ellsberg
It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man. -- David Harris
I have known Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla for a long time. He is a good man. He is a decent man. -- N. R. Narayana Murthy
The fact that I ended up married to a decent man is still a source of amazement to me, thanks to 'The Women's Room.' -- Catherine Jinks
My mother taught me what it is to have a sense of humour; my dad, who was a headmaster, everything you need to know about hard work. My dad is the most decent man you could come across. -- James Nesbitt
A decent man who doesn't consider himself a bigot can indeed be trained to behave like a bigot if he welcomes feedback exclusively from those who consider bigotry no big deal or, indeed, an attribute to be admired. -- Adam-Troy Castro
Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for. -- Dalton Trumbo
Randy Edsall is a good, strong, decent man who is working his tail off on behalf of the University of Maryland. And there are more people that want to spend their days burning things down than building it up. At least just stop rooting against him. You know, give the guy a chance. -- Kevin Plank
Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found. -- Eminem
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
I'm a decent man who exports flowers. -- Pablo Escobar
Every decent man had to be against fascism, period. -- Amos Oz
No decent man would ever strike a woman or a child. -- Ellen J. Barrier
Given a decent start any girl can beat a man nowadays. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
A decent man would stand out like a cactus on an ice floe. -- Timothy Egan
Taint no law on earth dat kin make a man be decent if it aint in 'im. -- Zora Neale Hurston
Every decent con man knows that the simplest truth is more powerful than even the most elaborate lie. -- Ally Carter
What they, in their innocence, cannot comprehend is that a properly constituted, healthy, decent man never writes, acts, or composes. -- Thomas Mann
What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. -- A. A. Milne
But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure? Answer: Of himself. Well, so I will talk about myself. -- Fyodor Dostoevsky
It is a law of nature that every decent man on earth is bound to be a coward and a slave -- Fyodor Dostoevsky
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
A person may be totally unimaginative and have the social vision of a mole, and we still call him a decent man ... -- Margaret Halsey
So you love war. I used to think you were a decent man. But I see now I was mistaken. You're a hero. -- Joe Abercrombie
Hip-hop saved my life, man. It's the only thing I've ever been even decent at. I don't know how to do anything else. -- Eminem
The job is interesting, and the task is difficult, but the man [Maigret] is just a decent man doing a very ordinary job. -- Rowan Atkinson
The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned. -- Jean de la Bruyere
Al Gore is a good man. He is a decent, caring man. He listens to his heart and his head. He loves his family. -- Dick Gephardt
Amazing, really, to think of what a man could achieve with the simple ability to put pen to paper and spin a decent yarn. -- Graham Moore
There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man. -- Viktor E. Frankl
You seem a decent fellow," Inigo said. "I hate to kill you." You seem a decent fellow," answered the man in black. "I hate to die. -- William Goldman
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
It was a piece of thoroughly picturesque and proper violence. I like a violent man, really, a man who's a bit of a brute in a decent straightforward way. -- Iris Murdoch
Mitt Romney, maybe the most moral and decent man who's ever run for president, ended up being a murderer, somebody who didn't care about animals, and a tax cheat. -- Rush Limbaugh
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
If the village worker is not a decent man or woman, conducting a decent home, he or she had better not aspire after the high privilege and honour of becoming a village worker. -- Mahatma Gandhi
On the Vietnam War: I've lived under situations where every decent man declared war first and I've lived under situations where you don't declare war. We've been flexible enough to kill people without declaring war. -- Lewis Blaine Hershey

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