Quotes about decency

No law reaches it, but all right-minded people observe it.

— Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.

— Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.

— H. L. Mencken

We are decent 99 percent of the time, when we could easily be vile.

— R. W. Riis