Decent Peoples

Famous quotes containing the words decent and/or peoples:

“A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“A point has been reached where the peoples of the Americas must take cognizance of growing ill-will, of marked trends toward aggression, of increasing armaments, of shortening tempers—a situation which has in it many of the elements that lead to the tragedy of general war.... Peace is threatened by those who seek selfish power.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)