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:
“Knowledge and power in the city; peace and decency in the country.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Good manners, to those one does not love, are no more a breach of truth, than “your humble servant,” at the bottom of a challenge is; they are universally agreed upon, and understand to be things of course. They are necessary guards of the decency and peace of society.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“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)