Quotes on Common Decency

Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok?

School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence.

School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, brutal violations of common sense and common decency. It doesn't take a reasonably bright boy long to discover that most of what is rammed into him is nonsense, and that no one really cares very much whether he learns it or not.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.

Please — a little less love, and a little more common decency.

…there's no question of heroism in all this. It's a matter of common decency. That's an idea which may make some people smile, but the only means of fighting a plague is - common decency.