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:

    “Men often treat others worse than they treat themselves, but they rarely treat anyone better. It is the height of folly to expect consideration and decency from a person who mistreats himself.”
    —Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)

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

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