It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man.

—David Harris

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Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

—Marcus Tullius Cicero

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One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being.

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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.

—H. L. Mencken

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