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How to use the word decency in a Sentence?

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Character is on the ballot. Compassion is on the ballot. Decency, science, democracy. They are all on the ballot.

Joe Biden

added by anonymous
5 months ago

When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes… Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.

Napoleon Bonaparte

added by Normando
1 year ago

Gov. Evers isn’t flashy, and he knows what people want isn’t ultimately flash. They want their highways repaired and their schools to teach their kids and their phones not to vibrate at 5 in the morning with something that’s going to stop them from going back to sleep, president Biden has the same thing going for him: decency and a sense of steady leadership rather than chaos and any kind of ideology that might be proceeded by the word ‘ultra.’.

Ben Wikler

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You can damn well bet that railroaders took note of who stood with us and who failed to support the basic common decency of paid sick days.

Clark Ballew

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

My dad was 96-years-old. He was in so many ways my role model, he built a remarkable business, one of the leading investment banks in this country over many years. He led a life of dignity, of decency, of modesty that is something I've very much aspired to.

Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Are you tired of the culture wars and the extremists that are dictating what we can say and do ? are you sick of politicians who act like authoritarians trying to tear apart our democracy ? That's why we are here today : to defeat Ron DeSantis and bring decency and respect back to the state of Florida.

Karla Hernández-Mats

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I have respect for Joe Biden. I think Joe Biden has -- despite some mistakes and some missteps, despite Joe Biden age, I think Joe Biden's a man of decency, of good principle, of compassion, of empathy, and of strength. But to answer your question directly, which I know is quite rare, uh no, I don't, i think the country would be well served by a new generation of compelling, well-prepared, dynamic Democrats to step up.

Dean Phillips

Found on CNN
1 year ago

To members of the United States Supreme Court, to right-wing Republicans all across this country — do you have no common decency, respect or even common understanding that kids should not have one of these things?

Gavin Newsom

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It is wholly repugnant to once again read reports, and see videos on social media, about dozens of neo-Nazis making another brazen public display with their hateful ideology, although all people of goodwill and decency are both angered and extremely disturbed by the increased activity we continue to witness from neo-Nazis and white supremacist groups locally, we can no longer say that we're surprised with what we continue to see across the country, unfortunately.

City Councilor Ed Flynn

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In her seven remarkable decades on the throne, the queen has been a rare constant, an enduring, inspiring, growing presence of calm, decency and strength.

Anthony Albanese

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I have selected a nominee who is widely recognized not only as one of America's sharpest legal minds, but someone who brings to his work a spirit of decency modesty, integrity, evenhandedness and excellence, these qualities and his long commitment to public service have earned him the respect and admiration from leaders from both sides of the aisle.

Barack Obama

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Democrats seem to always fall back on decency, you know the old Michelle Obama,' When they go low, we go high.

Sunny Hostin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I hope my legacy is that I was able to restore some decency and honor to the office; I was able to bring the middle class back to a place where they had real opportunity, given an even chance to succeed; and I was able to reconstruct our alliances, which had been frayed so badly, internationally, and that I was able to bring people together, bring the politics of America together.

President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I will treat Judge Jackson with fairness and civility, a basic standard of decency that many Democrats appallingly refused to extend to the Supreme Court nominees under the previous administration.

Thom Tillis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Bridgeport Police Department has high standards for officer sensitivity, especially in matters involving the death of a family member. It is an unacceptable failure if policies were not followed, to the families, friends and all who care about the human decency that should be shown in these situations in this case by members of the The Bridgeport Police Department, I am very sorry.

Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim

Found on CNN
2 years ago

What the whole world is seeing today is nothing less than a blatant violation of international law and of basic human decency, this war will likely kill thousands of people and create millions of refugees.

The Vermont senator

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The whole idea that a league that is made up of so many athletes of color, as well as so diverse, that there's not enough African American qualified coaches to manage these NFL teams ? It just seems to me that it's a standard that that they'd want to live up to, it's not a requirement of law, but it's a requirement I think of just some generic decency.

Joe Biden

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In my judgment the people of no nation can lose their liberty so long as a Bill of Rights like ours survives and its basic purposes are conscientiously interpreted, enforced and respected so as to afford continuous protection against old, as well as new, devices and practices which might thwart those purposes. I fear to see the consequences of the Court's practice of substituting its own concepts of decency and fundamental justice for the language of the Bill of Rights as its point of departure in interpreting and enforcing that Bill of Rights.

Justice Hugo L. Black

added by Normando
2 years ago

We served together for 25 years( in the Senate). We disagreed, but we were never disagreeable with one another -- not one time that I can think of, i found Bob to be a man of principle, pragmatism and enormous integrity. He came into the arena with certain guiding principles to begin with : devotion to country, to fair play, to decency, to dignity, to honor, to -- literally -- attempting to find the common good.

Joe Biden

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I will continue to speak out on democracy and help elect servant leaders with common sense and common decency who believe in the common good, up and down the ballot, in Texas and across the nation.

Matthew Dowd

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Twenty-eight members of the minority caucus could not be bothered to exhibit common decency and humanity all because they would rather have a couple of minutes on TV news.

Craig Coughlin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The truth of the matter is that what these politicians are doing, they're exploiting really the decency, the decency of the American people, which responded to the situation in this country where racism was much too prevalent and persisted long after the slavery slaves were freed. And America, as a nation stood up, took notice of that and made major major changes, which have opened doors of opportunity throughout the land throughout society.

Ilhan Omar

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We need more officials to tell the truth, who believe in public service and common sense with common decency for the common good and the idea of servant leadership.

Matthew Dowd

Found on CNN
2 years ago

These heavily-redacted documents hide a lot of details, and because one method of abortion listed is ‘labor induction,’ there is the distinct possibility that some of these babies were born alive and then their organs harvested, which would be a horrific abuse of science and human decency, there are so many questions raised by this heavily redacted information, and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as NIH, owe clarity and transparency to the American people.

David Prentice

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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