Sentence examples for decent individuals from inspiring English sources

By Anthony Lane Ken Loach's films consistently pit decent individuals against malign systems.

There is no escape from the Nazis, either for the quietly decent individuals or the romantic comedy.

He was fascinated by the contrast he saw between interwar Germans' behaviour as decent individuals and their appalling behaviour as a group.

When asked about the matter during a news conference today, Mr. McGreevey said he considered both Mr. Taffet and Mr. Levinsohn "decent individuals," but found their behavior regrettable.

Would Hecking not be better suited for the job at Wolfsburg, where they have plenty of decent individuals but no one to motivate them properly?

These three books describe an exigent moral universe in which decent individuals trying to make ethically sound choices are under increasing pressure to choose expedience over principle.

"I told her I thought she was a decent individual," she said.

There are many instances in Merriman's account of people being saved by accident or by the act of a charitable and decent individual.

The full quote, made in a jailhouse interview with Barbara Walters, was: "My whole life I've been a hard-working, moral, decent individual.

The former because your partner rarely uses a profanity, and never uses it against you, because they're just a thoroughly decent individual.

He agrees that he was not in complete control of News International but comes across as a decent individual who has been shocked by what has happened.