#decent man

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

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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

#away #decent #decent man #even #every

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

#country #crisis #decent #decent man #devoted

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

#american #choice #civilians #deaths #decent

It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man. ↗

— David Harris

#decent man #just #man #proclaim #revolutionary

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

— Eminem

#decent man #deep #deep down #down #found

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

— H. L. Mencken

#decent #decent man #every #government #lives