Sentences with phrase «simple decency»

Her eyes welled with tears because I'd had the simple decency to tell her that she was not a bad person for having sought out a hypoallergenic dog and then volunteered at a shelter.
Tom Hanks embodies the spirit of simple decency, one of the reasons the war was fought.
People like those responsible for 9/11 should, out of simple decency, stay out of the area.

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Like this: «Truly honoring God and the highest and best of all that is, is found in simple acts of kindness and human decency, such as taking care of orphans, widows, and those on the fringes of your society.»
We all have to be painfully aware that as much as we have laws protecting rightful employment and decency in workplace, in any «though» economic times the simple fact that there are 100s if not 1000s vying for your job does lead to predatory behaviour by companies.
«Our goals have always been simple ones: making life more manageable for those of our neighbors who need a hand and bringing a measure of transparency and decency to state government.»
Sycophant and lackey Okudzeto Ablakwa blames me for his former President's lack of simple and elementary candour and decency.
That concern for Maynard and others on the road would have been prompted by simple human decency.
Im a simple, quiet type person that keeps to myself and that treats a lady the way a lady is supposed to be treated with love, decency, happiness, courtesy and...
The trick was to allow the decency that's in Sam to bubble through into this mean brute of a character so that he wouldn't be the simple villain.»
A piece of history and nostalgia, it's a document of decency in simpler times when heroism was tied to doing the right thing for reasons that seemed clearer.
The simple rule of decency, civility, and good manners is to stand down on the political sparring; pay respect to the memories of the men and women who have died; give your condolences to their families; and simply say that we need to improve the world so that all of our children and families can live in safety.
The last thing we need is to send another signal to the world at large that publishing can't run its house with simple, trustworthy decency.
But when a neighbor helps our a neighbor simply because it's the right thing to do, GDP doesn't bat an eyelid — in fact it sometimes takes a nose dive as paid services are replaced by an act of simple human decency.
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