decency

Example Sentences

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That’s called simple human decency, and it’s something no amount of executive orders can teach.

From Salon

I have seen too much decency and moral courage, to believe that.

From Salon

Eichmann distanced himself not only from ordinary decency but empirical reality, “that is, against the claim on our thinking attention that all events and facts make by virtue of their existence.”

From Salon

He didn’t have to make the gesture; but it’s a measure of his decency that he doffed his hat to her.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s not a skill, it’s an innate sense of decency and human consideration that exists in the hearts and souls of normal people.

From Los Angeles Times