Decency

Decency

Decency is the quality or state of conforming to social or moral standards of taste and propriety.

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Famous quotes containing the word decency:

    “If you don’t believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency.... Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don’t think it’s enough.”
    —Harold MacMillan (1894–1986)

    “Knowledge and power in the city; peace and decency in the country.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offence.”
    —Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)