“I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.”
Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) Swedish diplomat, economist, and author
Markings (1964)
“And die with decency.”
Venice Preserv'd (1682), Act v. Sc. 3.
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Ally Carter (1974) American writer
Source: United We Spy
“Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?”
Joseph N. Welch (1890–1960) American lawyer
Highlighted section quoted in: Robert Shogan (2009) No Sense Of Decency: The Army-McCarthy Hearings. p. xiii
Army–McCarthy hearings (9 June 1954)
Context: Senator, may we not drop this? We know he belonged to the Lawyers Guild. Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator. You’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?
“Decency is Indecency’s Conspiracy of Silence.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
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1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
“Don’t overestimate the decency of the human race.”
H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer
“Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.”
Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) British American author and journalist
Source: god is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
“The enemy I see wears a cloak of decency.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Slow Train Coming (1979), Slow Train