Sentence examples for be a decent human from inspiring English sources

"You just have to be a decent human being to say that's not right".

Garrison, strongly influenced by his freethinking predecessor Thomas Paine, observed that one need only be a decent human being -- not a believer in the Bible or any creed -- to discern the evil of slavery.

"It's one thing to be successful, it's another to be a decent human being," Mr. Dan said in a telephone interview, referring to what he viewed as Mr. Sherman's unacceptable business behavior.

Cornel West dubbed Baldwin a "Black American Socrates" since he "infect[ed] others with the same perplexity he himself felt and grappled with: the perplexity of trying to be a decent human being and thinking person in the face of the pervasive mendacity and hypocrisy of the American empire". (Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight against Imperialism [New York: Penguin, 2004] 80).

Be a decent human being in life.

"You just have to be a decent human being to say that's not right," Obama said.

And being a decent human being is paramount, or should be.

"If you're a decent human being, those words were dead on".

They abjured racism, saying, "We have no qualms about anyone who is a decent human being".

Mr. Chairman you are a decent human being with a good heart.

"I believe John Ashcroft is a decent human being, a person of his word".