A decent man who doesn't consider himself a bigot can indeed be trained to behave like a bigot if he welcomes feedback exclusively from those who consider bigotry no big deal or, indeed, an attribute to be admired.
The person I liked the best was Gerald R. Ford. He was the most decent man in politics I ever had any relationships with.
Eric Holder is a decent man.
The fact that I ended up married to a decent man is still a source of amazement to me, thanks to 'The Women's Room.'
Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for.
Obama is making a choice now that will lead to the deaths of many thousands of civilians in Afghanistan by American hands. By ordinary standards of presidents, he is a decent man. But those standards aren't good enough. He's in a position either to kill or not to kill, and he's made the decision to kill.
It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man.
Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found.
There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
